We only find out the first day of school. They like to keep it a surprise at our school. You can try and figure out if your friends are in the same class as you during the summer when you get the supplies list in july, but you don't find out the teacher until school starts.
When I was in school (BACK IN MY DAY, *shakes cane*) we found out towards the end of summer. Usually when the school supplies came out because I always remember seeing my classmates buying supplies and talking about who we "got" for a teacher.
Here it goes out on a postcard and you get it about a week before the school year starts. Basically they confirm that all the teachers' are returning on day one of Pre-Planning and mail them out the following day if there are no changes/issues.
Post by vanillacourage on Jun 3, 2015 12:24:40 GMT -5
I know at our school the teachers for each grade level get together and make recommendations on which kids should be put in a class together and which should NOT. Like, DS1's 1st grade teacher told me there was a group of 8 boys in his class this year that will never be all together again at the school. So, I can't imagine them asking the teachers o find time for that in the waning weeks of the year.
I know at our school the teachers for each grade level get together and make recommendations on which kids should be put in a class together and which should NOT. Like, DS1's 1st grade teacher told me there was a group of 8 boys in his class this year that will never be all together again at the school. So, I can't imagine them asking the teachers o find time for that in the waning weeks of the year.
My mom's school did (I assume still does) this. The grade levels would get together and make recommendation lists for which kids should be together or separated during post planning and give it to the admins who would use it to inform the class lists.
We don't find out until the open house the night before school starts. At least at the school dd goes to now. We are in a different zone then the school she is at now and won't find out until August if she will stay at her current school or move to the one in our zone. I'm not sure how the new school does it, but I would guess it is similar to her current school.
I know at our school the teachers for each grade level get together and make recommendations on which kids should be put in a class together and which should NOT. Like, DS1's 1st grade teacher told me there was a group of 8 boys in his class this year that will never be all together again at the school. So, I can't imagine them asking the teachers o find time for that in the waning weeks of the year.
We are doing class placements today. It's a long process. We also have parent input as to which teacher the parent feels their child would work best with, who their kid's friends are, and who they should not be placed with. However, the parental input does not guarantee that we give them what they want. We just take the input forms into consideration when placing the child in a class. We also have placement cards that show reading level etc, so we can balance out the class academically, socially and by gender. Student's with IEPs are always the first to be placed with a teacher/class because those students may work better with another teacher, etc., and we do not want one class to be heavy with IEPs over another. We try to create as much balance and equity as possible. It's very difficult though when we have 5 classes moving up to the next grade.
Our district has a "Move up day" the last week of school where the kids find out their teacher for the next year and visit the class (so they also see the other kids in their room).
It's been the same way since I went through elementary school, but I am kind of surprised they still do it.
Except for Kinder, who find out the week before, we find out at 4 pm the day before school starts. They literally hang lists on the fence old school style and you have to go find your name. Apparently too many parents try to change their classes and this cuts down on that craziness.
I believe we find out about a week before school starts.
My daughter is entering into Kindergarten in the Fall. She has to go in and meet the teachers sometime this month. It's an informal meeting/evaluation, they want to get to know her personality and then they will decide which of the three classes she will go into.
Except for Kinder, who find out the week before, we find out at 4 pm the day before school starts. They literally hang lists on the fence old school style and you have to go find your name. Apparently too many parents try to change their classes and this cuts down on that craziness.
This is exactly why. Even with this method I spend the first week dealing with 20-30 requests for change.
Except for Kinder, who find out the week before, we find out at 4 pm the day before school starts. They literally hang lists on the fence old school style and you have to go find your name. Apparently too many parents try to change their classes and this cuts down on that craziness.
This is exactly why. Even with this method I spend the first week dealing with 20-30 requests for change.
I hope unless there is a compelling reason, you say no. I have heard so many of my parent friends come up with the brattiest sounding reasons they "need" to have their kid switched. Know what? In the real world, your kid isn't going to always like who they work for either. So unless you feel harm will come to your kid in a particular class, teach them to find ways to work with someone who may not be his or her first choice.
This is exactly why. Even with this method I spend the first week dealing with 20-30 requests for change.
I hope unless there is a compelling reason, you say no. I have heard so many of my parent friends come up with the brattiest sounding reasons they "need" to have their kid switched. Know what? In the real world, your kid isn't going to always like who they work for either. So unless you feel harm will come to your kid in a particular class, teach them to find ways to work with someone who may not be his or her first choice.
My school is in a high socio economic area, we are often expected to cater to private school expectations.
I would say that of all the requests for changes we get, we deny 50% outright, 25% go above our heads and of those at least half get what they want. The remaining 25% we change, usually because we have made a mistake in class building (kid has no friends in the class, parent had requested child to be away from another child, etc).
We get a lot of: - well Billy has two friends in his class but ALL THE OTHERS are in the other class and he can't be without them. Nope, sorry. - well Anna can't possibly be in a combined class (two grades in one class). Nope, sorry, somebody has to be in that class (we do change some of these in the end) - Mary can't possibly be with Mrs Soandso. - George can't be with Steve - these we generally allow, we would rather parents request who their kids NOT be with than who they HAVE to be with.
Post by SpartanGirl on Jun 3, 2015 18:26:17 GMT -5
We don't find out until Meet the Teacher day which is held on the Thursday before school starts (school starts Tuesday after Labor Day). I imagine doing it just before school, and a holiday weekend at that, greatly reduces the number of requests to switch classes before the first day of school.
We find out about a week before school starts. They tape the classroom lists to the school door and you have to go to the school and look at the list. And they don't tell you the exact day it will be posted. Word of mouth it is posted and you go or you drive over and see for yourself that it is posted. It's ridiculous.
I know at our school the teachers for each grade level get together and make recommendations on which kids should be put in a class together and which should NOT. Like, DS1's 1st grade teacher told me there was a group of 8 boys in his class this year that will never be all together again at the school. So, I can't imagine them asking the teachers o find time for that in the waning weeks of the year.
We are doing class placements today. It's a long process. We also have parent input as to which teacher the parent feels their child would work best with, who their kid's friends are, and who they should not be placed with. However, the parental input does not guarantee that we give them what they want. We just take the input forms into consideration when placing the child in a class. We also have placement cards that show reading level etc, so we can balance out the class academically, socially and by gender. Student's with IEPs are always the first to be placed with a teacher/class because those students may work better with another teacher, etc., and we do not want one class to be heavy with IEPs over another. We try to create as much balance and equity as possible. It's very difficult though when we have 5 classes moving up to the next grade.
Our admin "forgot" to send out the input forms this year. No one asked about them and she hopes this is step 1 of phasing them out.
We are doing class placements today. It's a long process. We also have parent input as to which teacher the parent feels their child would work best with, who their kid's friends are, and who they should not be placed with. However, the parental input does not guarantee that we give them what they want. We just take the input forms into consideration when placing the child in a class. We also have placement cards that show reading level etc, so we can balance out the class academically, socially and by gender. Student's with IEPs are always the first to be placed with a teacher/class because those students may work better with another teacher, etc., and we do not want one class to be heavy with IEPs over another. We try to create as much balance and equity as possible. It's very difficult though when we have 5 classes moving up to the next grade.
Our admin "forgot" to send out the input forms this year. No one asked about them and she hopes this is step 1 of phasing them out.
I believe our niece and nephew already know. I overheard my MIL talking about how niece is nervous about her new teacher because the teacher is apparently a hard ass no nonsense type. But MIL thinks niece will do fine with her because niece is a rule follower and likes order.
My mom called and had my teacher changed for the 3rd grade. I was assigned the same teacher my brother had and my mom was NOT happy. Mom is a teacher too and thought this teacher was no bueno. She also called to have me moved up a reading level (even though looking back I don't think I should have been), but that was all she did from what I remember.