(this started off as a post in e&c, but turned into more rambles so i am posting it here. i'd still appreciate thoughts about it tho 
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i am a teacher at a rather small, private school. most of the families have had atrocious experiences in the public school system, so its not too hard for my school to be better than what they have experienced in the past.
for example, one student ran away from his previous school and walk to his mother's office. when the mother called the school, the teacher said so and so was having a great and just returned from art class. obviously mom was not thrilled that the teacher did not notice her son missing, or that he managed to get away. so its pretty hard to get much worse...
my bosses sell our program as a great alternative to public schools with more individualized attention, small class size, speech, physical and occupational therapy. but they do not tell the parents that the speech, physical and occupational therapists only show up for one hour a month. and that their only role is to advise teachers on how to adapt their classrooms. however parents are lead to believe that their students are receiving actual speech, physical and occupation therapy services.
some parents pay a premium for their student to have a private teacher/tutor. this person is supposed to stay with the student all day long and provide what ever support the student needs to succeed. this is encouraged by my bosses because it means more money for them, but the students very rarely receive the private instruction the parents are paying for.
in the past, i was annoyed that my bosses say one thing and do another. but i the students are doing well, and the parents are happy. i tend to find honesty is the best policy but in this case everyone is happy and better off than they were before.
but now i have a student whose parents pay for him to have a private tutor/teacher. when he has the individual attention, he is great. when he is placed in a group setting where my attention is divided amongst several students, he has violent behaviors and outbursts. i have been bitten, scratched and punched more times than i can count. my arms and legs are covered in scabs and bruises, and today i got a black eye.
i don't really mind the random injuries, i knew what to expect when i decided to work with kids who have behavior problems. but i am incredibly frustrated that this student's parents pay for him to have a private teacher. if he had my entire attention, i would not be being hit, scratched and punched. the one on one interaction allows me to defuse a situation before it escalates. in a group setting i can not do that without ignoring the other students and creating other issues.
)i am a teacher at a rather small, private school. most of the families have had atrocious experiences in the public school system, so its not too hard for my school to be better than what they have experienced in the past.
for example, one student ran away from his previous school and walk to his mother's office. when the mother called the school, the teacher said so and so was having a great and just returned from art class. obviously mom was not thrilled that the teacher did not notice her son missing, or that he managed to get away. so its pretty hard to get much worse...
my bosses sell our program as a great alternative to public schools with more individualized attention, small class size, speech, physical and occupational therapy. but they do not tell the parents that the speech, physical and occupational therapists only show up for one hour a month. and that their only role is to advise teachers on how to adapt their classrooms. however parents are lead to believe that their students are receiving actual speech, physical and occupation therapy services.
some parents pay a premium for their student to have a private teacher/tutor. this person is supposed to stay with the student all day long and provide what ever support the student needs to succeed. this is encouraged by my bosses because it means more money for them, but the students very rarely receive the private instruction the parents are paying for.
in the past, i was annoyed that my bosses say one thing and do another. but i the students are doing well, and the parents are happy. i tend to find honesty is the best policy but in this case everyone is happy and better off than they were before.
but now i have a student whose parents pay for him to have a private tutor/teacher. when he has the individual attention, he is great. when he is placed in a group setting where my attention is divided amongst several students, he has violent behaviors and outbursts. i have been bitten, scratched and punched more times than i can count. my arms and legs are covered in scabs and bruises, and today i got a black eye.
i don't really mind the random injuries, i knew what to expect when i decided to work with kids who have behavior problems. but i am incredibly frustrated that this student's parents pay for him to have a private teacher. if he had my entire attention, i would not be being hit, scratched and punched. the one on one interaction allows me to defuse a situation before it escalates. in a group setting i can not do that without ignoring the other students and creating other issues.
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