Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: The Questioning Parent I teach 10th grade and there is a parent who emails be after EVERY assignment, questioning why her son received the grade he did. I provide various forms of feedback for my students that include rubrics, detailed feedback, checklists, organizers, etc., so it is easy to see and understand the point breakdown. How do I get this parent to trust my grading procedures and politely tell her to only contact me with serious concerns. I have also asked her to have her son see me after class when he has questions, but that has never happened. It appears that she likes to dominate the conversation regarding his performance in class and my grading. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Set up a parent teacher conference. Explain the rubrics in person. Given them the break down in points. If it is an email, it is easy enough to just reply to the email with "Please see rubric for this assignment. Thank you." Eventually they will get the point. Or just bear with the parent and answer the questions he or she brings to you. You can't force a parent to trust you. Trust is earned, not given. It'll just take time. Or it won't happen and you'll just have to deal with the parent.