I need work/teacher advice

[vanillacourage]

Are you on STD?  If so, you may be "forbidden" from actually doing any work of substance, though I'm sure sending some emails would be fine.  If you're just on FMLA then yes, I'd absolutely do what I could to help the student.  Although, if he's failing in late May is there much that can be done before school is out?

[W.T.Faulkner]

You are on maternity leave, but it is still your class and your students. I think it would be completely reasonable to ask your sub what's up and to see if you can work something out. I would, too.

[livinitup]

I'm a little shocked that the school doesn't have a really clear protocol for when a dyslexic student (or any student) is failing after a student teacher/subs takes over for a leave of absence. Why is this being address to you? You're being "pulled aside" and told this for what reason? The sub is allowed to just "opt out" of doing work you were doing with this student? Work the child needed to succeed at his school work? It takes him crying in another teachers office, looking at a failing year, with 2 weeks to go to get anybody wondering what we should tell the sub? And it kinda sorta falls on the person on leave to talk to the sub?

I am so sorry you have been put in this position. Yes, you should absolutely alert the sub that the child is quite alarmed that he is facing a 58% with 2 weeks to go, and is reporting that his sub hasn't been working with him the way his previous teacher did. That the sub has options and should be creating a plan that this student would benefit from. If you have suggestions, make them.

How did this go unnoticed?

[snickers]

I think that would be very nice of you, and you should definitely do it. I love that your so into your students that your willing to go above and beyond.

[mrsjuleshs]

As a mom to a kid dealing with almost the same issue with 2 weeks left of school, I would thank you for any extra help either you or the student teacher could do.

[sugarbear]

I'm in a similar position. My maternity leave sucks, frankly, and I've ad to intervene several times. I am trying to avoid stepping on his toes, but I'm going back for the end of the year and I don't want to be hit with a giant mess.

so, yes, I agree that you should intervene.