Revenge

Unsurprisingly, i have received many  complaints about teachers – in both instruction and instructional supervision. And it’s mighty hard not to agree with for i have witnessed it first hand. But i am somewhat surprised it’s not a daily thing.

What i found curious at first was that the parents more often than not wanted anonymity, making it difficult to speak to the teacher. But the reason has become all so very clear. The teachers want revenge and readily take it out on the student, though either sarcasm “Who is gonna squeal to their mothers’ today?” (a quote from a teacher in my Upper Kindergarten), or completely sinister threats – usually in the domain of Secondary. Another of those Ethiopian thangs. Stories i have heard varied from shocking to the incredulous.

I have just completed the compilation of the Teacher Appraisal model and part of the process will be a bi-annual Parent survey on the quality of teaching and learning. I want it completed so i have asked just 6 very straightforward questions where the parent can score the teachers on a 1 – 5 scale. And totally anonymously of course!