Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?
During lunch we brought back a student to the classroom to eat with us so that the teacher can address his bad behavior in class and to get to the root of the problem and find a possible solution. When we talked to him that is when I learned he had family issues at home and that’s why he wasn’t concentrating at school. We discussed a behavior contract and if he followed the rules he could earn a reward. He agreed and picked his own reward if he did accomplish this goal. His bad behavior in class was distrubing the other students from learning and this caused the other students to become angry at him and therefore we believe that they must have been bullying him. The very next day his mother called to say that his child was being bullied in class and she left a messege with the front office for the teacher that she wanted a phone conference. When the teacher called the parent to discuss it, she did not mention how bad his behavior was just because the parent already sounded very upset. From one of the readings “You have probably had someone talk to you in a way that made you think, Who do you think you’re talking to? or, equally, Who do you think you are? When this happens to us, the other person has clearly communicated, by the way they talk to us, who they think we are. We become conscious of it because who they think we are conflicts with who we think we are (Johnston, 2004, pp. 78-79).” With upset parent the last thing as a teacher is provide accusations to the parent because then nothing will be resolved. Instead the teacher just listened and discussed how his behavior in class was affecting other students and that’s why he was getting picked on in class. She discussed that she set up a behavior contract with him and see if that would motivate him in some way to follow the class rules. There is always a time and a place to discuss issues with parents about their child and during a phone call conference is not the best way and that is why the teacher asked the teacher that they should meet for a parent-teacher conference at the school to further discuss.
Works Cited Johnston, P. H. (2004). Choice Words. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse.
During lunch we brought back a student to the classroom to eat with us so that the teacher can address his bad behavior in class and to get to the root of the problem and find a possible solution. When we talked to him that is when I learned he had family issues at home and that’s why he wasn’t concentrating at school. We discussed a behavior contract and if he followed the rules he could earn a reward. He agreed and picked his own reward if he did accomplish this goal. His bad behavior in class was distrubing the other students from learning and this caused the other students to become angry at him and therefore we believe that they must have been bullying him. The very next day his mother called to say that his child was being bullied in class and she left a messege with the front office for the teacher that she wanted a phone conference. When the teacher called the parent to discuss it, she did not mention how bad his behavior was just because the parent already sounded very upset. From one of the readings “You have probably had someone talk to you in a way that made you think, Who do you think you’re talking to? or, equally, Who do you think you are? When this happens to us, the other person has clearly communicated, by the way they talk to us, who they think we are. We become conscious of it because who they think we are conflicts with who we think we are (Johnston, 2004, pp. 78-79).” With upset parent the last thing as a teacher is provide accusations to the parent because then nothing will be resolved. Instead the teacher just listened and discussed how his behavior in class was affecting other students and that’s why he was getting picked on in class. She discussed that she set up a behavior contract with him and see if that would motivate him in some way to follow the class rules. There is always a time and a place to discuss issues with parents about their child and during a phone call conference is not the best way and that is why the teacher asked the teacher that they should meet for a parent-teacher conference at the school to further discuss.
Works Cited Johnston, P. H. (2004). Choice Words. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse.