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  Case: Parent Knows It All
I had a parent who felt sure she knew exactly what her child should be learning in Pre-K. She would come to me on a weekly basis asking questions and trying to determine why her child was or wasn't learning "this". I gave her a print out of the Georgia Pre-K standards and explained how we used the information to plan. I explained that Pre-K focuses on giving students space to grow socially and learn through experience. This was difficult for her to understand. She still thought the child should be learning more and that I was not preparing him properly for Kindergarten. Needless to say it was a very stressful year. How do you reassure these parents?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
In this situation I would tackle this with as much kindness as possible and give back as much information as the parent is giving. Each week send home the packet of objectives and the standards. This may be a little extra work and some extra copies but it would be worth it in the end when the parent get tired of getting so much paper work. And if it progress I would suggest to the parent to go to the county and fight them on the subject.
 
     
     
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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 No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: Making extra copies for the parent is a great idea. However, I would not recommend that the parent should go to the county and fight them on the subject. I do not think this solution will get him/her very far.
Rated On: March 2, 2016 7:38 pm
Rated By: pytaLy
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: I would discuss this with the parent first to see if it is something that they would want to do.
Rated On: October 16, 2016 5:59 pm
Rated By: nehury
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: I think this is a lot of unecessary work for the teach and recommending the parent to go fight the county on the subject could fire back at you down the road, I would not do this.
Rated On: October 17, 2016 12:30 am
Rated By: aLuruz
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: I am not sure how successful this would be
Rated On: March 3, 2017 10:28 pm
Rated By: uDaHeD
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: I like all your ideas besides the idea where the parent goes to the county and take it up with them. I think she means well and doesn't want to take that far she just is concerned
Rated On: March 5, 2017 10:39 pm
Rated By: ReRege
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: This seems like more work for the teacher just to scorn the parent.
Rated On: October 14, 2017 5:16 pm
Rated By: JyGeLe
 
     
     
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The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: This solution seem like you would be starting a problem with the parent, rather than working with them.
Rated On: February 25, 2018 6:06 pm
Rated By: eguPud
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: This is not how you should go about this problem. It would only raise problems for you for encouraging the parent to push the issue and possibly irritate them.
Rated On: October 11, 2018 3:09 am
Rated By: eguQep