Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: The Super Parent Volunteer A mother of one of your first grade students is an active volunteer in the school. At the beginning of the school year she would occasionally volunteer in your classroom. Now instead of occasionally volunteering she is volunteering in your classroom every day. You see that her child is distracted by her presence. The school has an open door policy, but you feel that the mother being in the classroom every day is affecting the quality of the student's schoolwork. Volunteers are scarce within the school and you do not want to discourage parent involvement, but you feel the mother is being overbearing. How would you resolve the situation? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would give her things to do that would be outside of the classroom. In my school, we have a parent volunteer room. This is where parents go to do any volunteer work. We have an open door policy to volunteer, just not in the actual classroom. Too big of a distraction.                 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: This is a great solution! There are many ways to help outside of the classroom. Rated On: October 19, 2014 3:03 pm Rated By: uJasuX                 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 with this solution. She can still be of use, but not hovering over her child all day. Rated On: October 20, 2014 3:56 am Rated By: WeGuQy                 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: Not all schools have this resource. Rated On: February 27, 2015 5:00 pm Rated By: qyMeda                 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 not do this, this might make the volunteer feel unwanted in the classroom, which could in turn make them stop coming to the school. Rated On: March 1, 2015 12:50 am Rated By: LedaQy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No 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: I feel that if you just sent the parent outside of the classroom the whole time they will feel unwanted and not want to come back which is something that the parent should never feel (not wanted in the classroom). As a teacher it is important to have an open door policy so I think if anything it would be easier for the teacher to ask the parent to maybe come in less or see if they would want to volunteer in a class nearby. Also if you just had the parent doing busy work it takes time out of your schedule to come up with things for the parent to do and as a teacher you don't have time to do that. Overall I think it is important to just communicate with the parent to come up with a solution that is best for the parent and the teacher. Rated On: March 1, 2015 3:34 am Rated By: NaHuVa                 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 make the parent feel rejected or uncomfortable. She should know what is happening with her kid; from there maybe have her help with things outside the classroom. Rated On: October 9, 2017 11:15 pm Rated By: reLuWe