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	Re: Frustrated by classroom teacher's attitudes Posted by my thoughts on 5/04/08 Unfortunately, until the principal makes this program a priority in the school, you will have an uphill battle. Keep remembering it is for the kids, hound those uncooperative teachers and hang in there! On 5/04/08, rita wrote: > On 5/04/08, Marie wrote: > >> One teacher even told me that she is a professional >> educator who doesn't need help from me or the ELL teacher. > > The point is to help the kids, not to help the teacher. The > teacher may not need or want your help but the kids > do! The teacher is saying the kids don't need the support > that you and the ELL teacher provide, but you have data that > demonstrates otherwise. > >> This past week, I notified all of the teachers that I had >> to administer end of the year tests that are mandated by >> the state, yet I had teachers who just plain >> forgot and scheduled in a dodgeball game or art activity >> rather than sending their students. > > For this, you may need to make it so that "I forgot" is no > longer an option (or no longer a credible excuse). For > anything that isn't regularly scheduled I email the teachers > and then send them a paper copy of the email the day before. > Then I follow up with a phone call to the classroom if the > student doesn't show up. (And if a teacher has a history of > not sending students, then I won't wait for the student to > not show up, I'll call the teacher with a reminder just > before the student is supposed to come.) By this time > the teachers have heard from me via email, memo, and phone. > If I can't get ahold of a teacher by phone because the > students have gone out to an activity outside their > classroom, I call the office and ask them to track down the > student, and they do. When I mention that it's for state- > mandated testing I get a quick response, if not from > teachers, then from administrators. > Obviously this won't work if you don't have a way to call > the teachers and the office, or if your administrators and > secretaries aren't supportive, but it's worked for me. Posts on this thread, including this one Frustrated by classroom teacher's attitudes, 5/04/08, by Marie. Re: Frustrated by classroom teacher's attitudes, 5/04/08, by rita. Re: Frustrated by classroom teacher's attitudes, 5/04/08, by my thoughts. Re: Frustrated by classroom teacher's attitudes, 5/05/08, by suzy.

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