The teacher I chose to interview was Mrs. Brosky, this is her 26th year of teaching, she has a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education and a Masters in Reading. She spent two years teacher young fives, then second grade for one year, then taught a split classroom for one year, and for the last twenty two years she has been teaching first grade at Gearing Elementary School in East China School District. While speaking with Mrs. Brosky I asked her how she prepares each year of her incoming students and their families. She explained to me that the first thing she does after getting her class list is visit each house. This was a requirement while teaching in young fives; once she began teaching at a public school she kept the tradition going.
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Other than trying to get parents involved and working with her for better communication. Another struggle that she has encountered is cases where parents are divorced and share custody. In a particular child 's case the parents are divorced with a custody agreement of four days at one house then four days at their other house. This is challenging for Mrs. Brosky to deal with because the parents do not get along, and she is treated as an in between. The parents try to pin her against one another in attempt to make themselves look better than the other. In one incident the daughter took home school photos, but she was going to the parent who had not purchased the pictures home. The parent who had purchased them called Mrs. Brosky upset that they had not received the pictures they had paid for. She explained to them that she had sent them home with their child and she must have taken them to the wrong home. Furious the parent wanted the pictures they had paid for, and did not want to have to speak to the other parent to get them back. They wanted Mrs. Brosky to get the pictures back for them and have the child return them to the correct home. This is a great example that parents can make it difficult to create a partnership with when they are unable to work together on their
Other than trying to get parents involved and working with her for better communication. Another struggle that she has encountered is cases where parents are divorced and share custody. In a particular child 's case the parents are divorced with a custody agreement of four days at one house then four days at their other house. This is challenging for Mrs. Brosky to deal with because the parents do not get along, and she is treated as an in between. The parents try to pin her against one another in attempt to make themselves look better than the other. In one incident the daughter took home school photos, but she was going to the parent who had not purchased the pictures home. The parent who had purchased them called Mrs. Brosky upset that they had not received the pictures they had paid for. She explained to them that she had sent them home with their child and she must have taken them to the wrong home. Furious the parent wanted the pictures they had paid for, and did not want to have to speak to the other parent to get them back. They wanted Mrs. Brosky to get the pictures back for them and have the child return them to the correct home. This is a great example that parents can make it difficult to create a partnership with when they are unable to work together on their