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Case: Feeling Betrayed I have had a wonderful school year with my 26 third graders all of whom were bilingual. Most of my students were Chinese Americans with two from India. I used very engaging interactive strategies with my students throughout the year. They have responded to my teaching strategies very well, and made a lot of progress in all content areas. To my surprise and disappointment, my school principal informed me that she received a letter signed by most of the parents of my students stating that I did not teach their enough math. In the letter, they indicated the previous year students came home with a lot of homework and completed a large number of worksheets, while this year they have been given fewer worksheets. I explained to my principal that I was more interested in using math manipulatives and meaningful real world math problems than repetitive worksheets. What disappointed me (or hurt me) the most was that I have had four meetings with all the parents, and they did not raise any concerns in these meetings. Why would they directly go to the principal? What did I do wrong? Is this cultural? How should I respond to these parents? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I can see where the hurt came from but I don't think this is a culture thing. Maybe they felt comfortable going to the principle instead of coming straight to you. I would hold another meeting maybe a class meeting and explain to the parents of the different math problems you gave within the classroom. They need to understand that bringing home worksheets don't always mean their child is understanding the work but working the problem in class is a great way also. Apologize for not giving them worksheets but let the parents know that they did have a successful year in your class. |
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