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Case: Feeling Betrayed I have had a wonderful school year with my 26 third graders all of whom were bilingual. Most of my students were Chinese Americans with two from India. I used very engaging interactive strategies with my students throughout the year. They have responded to my teaching strategies very well, and made a lot of progress in all content areas. To my surprise and disappointment, my school principal informed me that she received a letter signed by most of the parents of my students stating that I did not teach their enough math. In the letter, they indicated the previous year students came home with a lot of homework and completed a large number of worksheets, while this year they have been given fewer worksheets. I explained to my principal that I was more interested in using math manipulatives and meaningful real world math problems than repetitive worksheets. What disappointed me (or hurt me) the most was that I have had four meetings with all the parents, and they did not raise any concerns in these meetings. Why would they directly go to the principal? What did I do wrong? Is this cultural? How should I respond to these parents? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I can see how you are frustrated and hurt by this. I don't know if it is a cultural thing but it would have been nice if they had discussed their concerns with you. Maybe you could just send home an end of the year letter with an overview of the great activities you and your class have completed together. This could possibly give the parents a better idea of the strategies you use in your classroom. Also, if you are doing any testing on the students, send home the results (which I'm sure you already do) to show the parents the progress their child is making. |
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