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Post by Skellinton on Sept 4, 2017 2:46:56 GMT
I think it's a bad idea. Right now we have 2 teachers who have their own child in class. One of the students had a meltdown the other day when he found out he had to take a standardized test in the other 3rd grade class. Mom tried to fight to keep him in her class and went over my head as the testing coordinator. Thankfully our principal backed me up because if he hadn't, I would have to report it to the state and/or step down as TC. The other teacher had her child in 4th grade and then went to 5th so she could have her child again. In this case, mom gives concessions to her child and her child's best friend, all.the.time! It's very obvious to me and I know it's obvious to the other students because some have said something to me. I try to stay out of it because this teacher gets away with everything (like having her boyfriend come to the school almost every day, not sign in, and hang out in her room when she both has kids in there and doesn't. So unprofessional! Sounds like administrative problems abound in your school. Lots of ethical issues that people should be confronting. That boyfriend in the classroom situation (without signing in) is beyond not okay. I would be pretty upset if my child's teacher had her boyfriend in her classroom unless he was a volunteer. At our schools all visitors have to be admitted to the school by the office staff and have to have passed a criminal background check.
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Post by Anita on Sept 4, 2017 3:01:22 GMT
Well, let's put it this way. We moved to a new school district with my oldest started high school. We went to the school to get her schedule and they'd put her into her dad's science class (he was a teacher at the time), so our first stop was to the office to get her switched to a new science teacher. I am quite sure they could have made it work, but as a bystander, I was not having that drama in my house.
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Post by vpohlman on Sept 4, 2017 4:04:49 GMT
Wow, I never even imagined this could be an issue! In our area most schools are K-12 and there is only one class for each grade. You have to teach your child unless you send him out of town! That's not done too much. I had my son for music, vocal and instrumental, from kindergarten until he graduated! It was awesome! There were 5 teacher's kids out of 18 kids in his class. They were the best behaved! My mom was my 8th grade social studies teacher and my high school art teacher. No problems there! It's what I've always known.
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Post by scrappinmom3 on Sept 4, 2017 4:25:23 GMT
One of our 4th grade teachers is having his son in his class this year. None of the rest of us think it's a good idea. His son is a sweet kid but is very nervous/anxious. Hoping it goes well.
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Post by juliet on Sept 4, 2017 4:25:50 GMT
My parents were both teachers in our local elementary school. I spent first and fifth grade in my dad's class. And third grade with my mum.
It was no big deal, I survived and was perfectly fine.
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Post by CarolT on Sept 4, 2017 5:41:04 GMT
I taught my daughter in an elective class in 10th and 12th grades - it wasn't a problem.
All day in elementary school - I can't imagine!
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Post by scrapalotomous on Sept 4, 2017 7:04:00 GMT
I teach in a small school (200 kids Kindergarten to year 12) in a small country town. Many staff have students in the school but none teach their own kids unless it is a one off ie another teacher was away ill. It is considered quite normal in this school and only when a teacher was intensely disliked by both the students and the local community have I heard mutterings of favouratism.
Personally I grew up with parents as teachers. My father was the Principal of the High School I attended and I hated it. I always felt that I didn't get a reward because of him and when I did get something special I always wondered if it was just because of him. I doubted friendships, motivations of people who asked me questions (particularly other staff members) and found the whole thing stressful. The only time it was handy was if I forgot my lunch and needed to scab money off him!
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Post by kibblesandbits on Sept 4, 2017 12:06:33 GMT
As a secondary teacher, I had two of my four children circulate through my class at various ages. *shrug* No big deal. One kid set it up in the Counseling office to have me as his teacher more than once, the other said once was enough. I didn't care either way. I teach. Whether it's my kid or yours, I'll teach.
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Post by scrapaddie on Sept 4, 2017 13:43:01 GMT
Emotionally unhealthy??? I have known high school teachers that had to teach their children because they were the only teacher teaching a subject. for most, It worked out well. for one there was a lot of screaming and yelling between parent and child early in the morning before school. That made us all uncomfortable I do think it is emotionally unhealthy for a young primary teacher to fight to have her child in her classroom when there are clearly other options. It smacks to me of a parent who can't let go of her child. High School is a whole different ball game. Ok. I see what you mean. It is taking helicoptering to a new and unfair extreme. Unfair to the child and perhaps to the rest of the class
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Post by sillyrabbit on Sept 4, 2017 15:21:33 GMT
I had a class in high school with the teacher's daughter in it, and it was a complete disaster. The teacher felt like her daughter wasn't as popular as some of the other kids in the class and treated those students she felt were more popular terribly. There was a big blowup in class with the teacher crying and everything. It was a terrible experience, and I felt really bad for her daughter.
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Post by Skellinton on Sept 4, 2017 15:53:48 GMT
Thanks for everyone's input. Obviously it can work out just fine, but I think because it has such a potential for disaster and a myriad of issues I am just surprised that it was allowed to happen when there are other options. I honestly had no idea it was such a common occurrence outside of schools where there is only one teacher per grade. Heck, I never rrpeally thought there were that many schools where there was only one teacher per grade. I guess I am more of a city slicker then I thought! In the school where I work there has only been one teacher that has had her kid in our school. Everyone else has their kids go to the neighborhood school. I do maintain it is a huge difference to have your parent as a teacher in high school vs. elementary school.
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Post by M~ on Sept 4, 2017 18:59:32 GMT
I would say that's an inherent conflict of interest.
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Post by amom23 on Sept 4, 2017 19:13:26 GMT
Another small town pea where it is quite common for teachers to have to teach their own children. Not much anyone can do when there is only 1 teacher per grade.
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