Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Inappropriate Behavior from Teacher I work in a middle school class as a tutor once a week and I have noticed that one of the teachers I work with is showing more and more inappropriate behavior towards the students. She is very easily offended, and is very defensive. She always thinks students are talking bad about her and will often say things like "if you have something to say, say it to my face", "you're not man enough to talk to me about it" and other majorly inappropriate things to say to an 11-14 year old kid. She clearly shows favorites and has said to a kid, "I wish you would just leave", and has called one particular student a "bitch" and a "lost cause", both times in front of other students. I feel like her behavior is getting worse as the year goes on. I have even felt like the anger was directed at me once because I have a good relationship with a particular group of kids I work with and she thought they were talking bad about her to me. Afterwards, she angrily called them "your little friends" to me. As I am only a tutor, and am barely recognized as an actual employee of the school, what should I do? I never know what attitude I am going to walk into, and when it is a bad day for her, she makes her students, and me, miserable. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) First off, I am sorry that you are dealing with this problem and this teacher. This is not an appropriate or justified behavior. This should not be happening. I would start to document the days, dates, times, and comments that are mentioned. Keeping a written record will make a better case down the road. It does not matter that you are not a teacher or a school employee. The fact that you tutor and are always around this teacher and they are behaving in this manner is unexceptable. I think you need to make a case for yourself and the students. Go to the administration or principal and have a face-to-face meeting to talk about these concerns, and with the documentation, you can make a case and show proof that you have all of this information taken down. The teacher should not be communicating with the students in this manner. I feel as though they may be tired and burnt out and taking frustrations out on the wrong people. Still not acceptable behavior for any students of any age. I hope this solution helps.                 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 think that this solution is great a lot of teachers would benefit from this. Rated On: April 25, 2022 10:06 pm Rated By: NyXaze                 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: good point about how the students are still be impacted so it is the tutors responsibility to come forward and say something. Rated On: October 12, 2022 12:09 pm Rated By: dazugu                 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: Thank you for this response. I think that this is a great solution to this problem. Rated On: October 14, 2022 11:00 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 completely agree with you. Great solution. Rated On: October 16, 2022 6:41 pm Rated By: dedyqa