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  Case: Student Lies and Parents believe him
A special education teacher went into another teachers classroom to watch her class while the teacher went to the restroom. A student was making fun of another student. The special education teacher took the student outside the classroom to address the situation. Once the situation was addressed the student went back into the classroom. The special education teacher took the other student out of the classroom to ask the student exactly what happened. Once the situation was addressed all students returned to the class. The student that was making fun of the other student was wrote up in the previous class that morning, then the SPED teacher wrote him up, and then the general education teacher sent a note to his homeroom teacher to contact his parents because he was being disrespectful in her class. The teacher sent the parents an email and they came to visit him during lunch. The student told the parents that the special education teacher grabbed him by the shirt and spit in his face. The parents went to the principal to talk with her. Then the principal talked with the SPED teacher to get her side of the story. The principal called the father to tell him what she found out from the SPED teacher. The father wanted to take the situation further. So the principal had to conduct interviews with the students in the class to see if that truly happened. All of the students the principal interviewed stated that it didn't happen or they weren't even aware that the SPED teacher was in the classroom because they were doing their work. Each student stated that the student was disrespectful to the teacher, to the students, the student hit other students, lied about other students, etc. Once this was all said and done there was no evidence this actually occurred. The SPED teacher, student, and principal had to write statements about what occurred and it had to be submitted to the assistant superintendent. The SPED teacher is very upset that this took place and now has to be sent to the superintendent. Should the SPED teacher approach the principal about talking with the parent and student?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
Do not engage in any contact with the parent in this case. With a sticky situation like this, you may only be hurting yourself.... If for any reason there is an encounter with the parent I would make sure that there is another witness present if words are exchanged.
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I agree that the teacher should not have contact with the parents, because it could make the situation worse.
Rated On: October 15, 2015 10:28 pm
Rated By: Jessica Sorensen
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: Good solution
Rated On: October 19, 2015 3:14 am
Rated By: usaWaZ
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: Agreed.
Rated On: March 4, 2016 4:15 pm
Rated By: beTyZa
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: That's true.
Rated On: October 16, 2016 11:35 pm
Rated By: maPyqa
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: Agreed!
Rated On: October 14, 2017 2:38 am
Rated By: emetub
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I believe this is very true anything you say that is not in the presence of another adult that can be a witness may end up just hurting you as it was the story will be twisted
Rated On: October 15, 2017 11:44 pm
Rated By: duPuSa
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I agree that having a witness for any exchange with the parent and/or student would be best in this type of situation.
Rated On: February 20, 2018 3:55 pm
Rated By: medega
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: If I were in this situation, I wouldn't do anything else because its out of the teachers hands at this point. Just make sure that the students parents don't come to them directly without someone else present.
Rated On: February 22, 2019 11:45 pm
Rated By: Meghan Fletcher
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: I agree with this solution.
Rated On: April 2, 2023 2:39 am
Rated By: GeduVy