Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: New teacher, New school A fairly novice teacher, teaching 2 years, moves to a new state and maintains a job over a phone interview. This teacher a young middle class female is placed in a school with a high African American student body. The students at this school come from homes with one parent. There are cases of drug use in the house, boyfriends in and out of the home and very absent parents when it came to the school. When the mothers did come to the school it was usually a hostile situation and most of the time the parent was yelling at this young teacher. The teacher knew that it was not at all the fault of the child and wanted to send a message to the parents that she wanted to partner with the parents for the sake of their shared student. How would the teacher reach that goal? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The teacher should not get discourages because many parents will reject her but with time they will see that she is trying to help their child. I think she should send emails, letters, class flyers, and reports home weekly. She should make sure that the child sees her trying to improve the way the child is taught. With reenforcments of proof the teacher will win over the parents. She should invite the parents to come in when there isn't a problem with the child. Make her room and open door policy.