Re: Visits to homes of students

I agree that yes, we are not social workers, nor qualified to
do "home visits" HOWEVER, if (worst case scenerio) you were to go to a
student's home and see deplorable conditions, you are MANDATED to
report it. If you don't, you CAN go to jail.

I don't care if the state is/isn't well staffed to take care of these
problems. The point is YOU, as a mandated reporter, ARE REQUIRED to
report it. Not only that but you mean to tell me you would ignore the
conditions that the student was living in only because in your OPINION
you feel nothing can be done?!?!?!??!

On 10/28/09, janmil wrote:
> I can see a whole host of problems that would arise if I went to go
> into some of the homes of my students. We are not trained social
> workers and there is a severe, severe shortage of CPS workers. We
> should not be investigating conditions in the home. Our job is to
> teach. There is no one to turn to if there are shortages of food in
> the home. There are no food banks and food stamps are not plentiful
> in this state that is on the verge of bankruptcy. We cannot fix
> the problems we might find and I am finding plenty of problems
> presented to me just in the classroom. I think this is another
> form of "Big Brother". Would we be required to report illegal
> aliens?There are neighborhoods that I would be afraid to go into.
>
> On 10/27/09, JEB wrote:
>> I live in the Vail school district. My neighbor told me last
>> year that teachers make home visits at the start of the school
>> year. As a parent, he was very supportive of this.
>>
>> On 10/27/09, hmm wrote:
>>> I haven't heard any of this but it sounds like this rumor is
>>> limited to just the district in Tucson? If it's true, the
>>> district better keep in mind the safety of their teachers and
>>> if anything happens "on the job" so to speak, THEY will be
>>> the ones responsible.
>>>
>>> It concerns me, though, that one of your complaints is having
>>> to report unsuitable conditions. This shouldn't be a
>>> complaint but rather an opportunity to do what others won't
>>> do. Aren't kids supposed to be #1 in our hearts?
>>>
>>> On 10/27/09, jamil wrote:
>>>> I just heard a rumor from a teacher down in Tucson. She
>>>> told me that the school district wants to start a process
>>>> by which the teacher visits the home of her each of her
>>>> students to get to know the parents better. I have very
>>>> uncomfortable feelings about this. Number one is "Big
>>>> Brother" intrusion into the very private homes of my
>>>> parents--Number two is that I would have to report
>>>> unsuitable surroundings in the home to a very understaffed
>>>> Child Protective Agency -- Number three is the tons of
>>>> extra paperwork and time that this process would eat up --
>>>> Number 4 is the fact that I would be venturing into some
>>>> very unsavory neighborhoods where I am an unwelcome
>>>> presence. Please tell me that this rumor is only rumor. I
>>>> thought that Arizona could not come up with any more wacky
>>>> solutions to the poor educational standing but this so
>>>> called solution might take the cake.