Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Dealing with coaches I work at a school where sports are emphasized in a major way. Students leave early for games on a fairly regular basis, and to make up for this, Tuesday is a make-up day for student athletes. It is unofficial and not enforced by the administration but most teachers stay late this day to allow students to make up work they may have missed. The set-up works out great, until. Until a coach comes, like one did to me, and demands the student come away from making up a test and come to practice. The coaches are also co-workers, and one would think they'd understand the emphasis on academics but that often seems to be over-shadowed by the importance of athletics. The question is, how would you handle it, if a co-worker (who also happened to be a coach) came to your room during a tutoring/make up time, and demanded the student-athlete leave early to come to practice? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Wow, as a coach I can see this being an issue, but coaches need to realize that if students are not passing their classes, they cannot play sports. Therefore, if a coach came up to me and asked for my students to leave tutoring to go to practice, I would allow it. However, before allowing the student and coach to leave I would discuss with both them the best time for them to allow the student to come to tutoring. I understand that during the season the student-athlete is busy, and I would do everything I can to accommodate. However, the bottom line is student athletes are students first and athletes second.                 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: . Rated On: November 2, 2015 7:37 pm Rated By: uSezaV                 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 No Comments: I agree with this solution. Rated On: February 28, 2016 2:31 am Rated By: aTeRaz                 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: I agree that if students are academically suffering then they need to be excluded from participating in sports. Rated On: February 25, 2018 4:58 pm Rated By: XuNaWa                 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: I like this solution and having good communication with the coaches seems very important. Rated On: March 7, 2021 11:31 pm Rated By: zeZedu                 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: I totally agree. Students can not participate in a sport if they do not have a good GPA. The coaches especially the ones who are teachers should know that the school work comes first. Rated On: April 1, 2022 3:39 am Rated By: eSysyv