i went to the spec ed dept head and she pretty much told me I
was wrong and she defended her teacher.

My suggestion: ask the parent if she would like you to forward
on her e-mail to the spec ed department head, the AP, or someone
else.

It might not change anything, but at least you can feel like you
did what you could.

On 11/01/09, Jo wrote:
> While it was shared in confidence, what is the parent
> expecting you to do with the information. I would make a
> phone call and ask what she was expecting from you because it
> was shared in confidence and to do anything would be to break
> the confidence but to allow the procedure to continue would
> be a violation of the students rights. Maybe she wants you
> to step in but is in fear of retaiation for her child or her
> family for stirring up trouble.
>
>
> On 11/01/09, Ethical Teacher In Need of Advice wrote:
>> I just received an email from a parent, who basically told
>> me that our school's resource teacher is spoon feeding our
>> kids the answers to the tests they are taking. Her son has
>> been given answers to math retake tests, as opposed to
>> getting assistance in figuring out how to do them himself.
>>
>> I don't know what to do with this information, but I am
>> seriously concerned by this. I don't teach math, but I do
>> send students to this teacher for "assistance" with language
>> arts quizzes and tests. I would hate to find out he's been
>> spoon feeding them answers to MY tests as well.
>>
>> Advice on how to handle this? It was shared by the parent in
>> "confidence". NOW WHAT?
>>

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