POCOMOKE – A new initiative is bringing teachers into the homes of their students in Pocomoke.
This school year Pocomoke Middle School launched the 100 Home Visits program. It’s designed to build stronger relationships within the school community.
“It’s an initiative started by Pocomoke Middle School this year to improve relationships with students, teachers and parents,” Principal Matthew Record said. “We wanted to reach our parents where they were and not always have them come to us.”
According to teacher Jennifer Smith, any interested teachers or administrators can make a home visit. During the visit, educators can share concerns, praise or just get to know a student and their family better.
More
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
14 comments:
That wouldn't be awkward at all.
Now we are social workers. Great.
“We wanted to reach our parents where they were and not always have them come to us.”
Do they ever think there is a reason for that. Maybe they want you to teach, instead of reach.
Today the parents are friends to their children and not parents. Now the teachers want to friend them.
Sometimes the children need a foot and not a coddle.
Teachers are not replacement parents. School is not and should never be considered to be part of any extended family.
These bureaucrats are slowly trying to inch into every aspect of our lives and this should be stopped.
Government schools need to be made smaller and less intrusive with plenty of private options for parents that don't want the liberal indoctrination.
Gee, just like the social worker you don't want in your home.
This sets a fairly dangerous precedent. It may seem innocent, but when school/government workers feel like they have a right to come into your home and intervene (short of some indication of criminal activity), it can only go downhill from there.
Homeschoolers have had to deal with this for a long time. You have parental rights and you should protect them.
Any visits should be by mutual agreement and invitation only. I understand the problems teachers run into with students, but care must be exercised in how far the school can go.. and I'd guess if the parents aren't already doing what they should, the visits will probably not accomplish much.
The big risk is the 'visits' becoming inspections.
This is another idiotic move and just one more reason smart/conservative/normal teachers are leaving at an 8% clip per year.
To clarify-- I understand that most teachers on the Shore are genuinely concerned about their students and want to help. It's the creation of an avenue for government intrusion that is the problem.
Nothing personal, teachers.
Believe me, we don't want this at all. It is absolute bs.
And i wholeheartedly agree children are coddled WAY too much nowadays
No problem- we do not think this is a good idea either. We are concerned about students but we are not their parents.
Lets think about this. When a parent is asked to come to school about a child, 9 times out of 10 it is because of a problem. In my experience, again for the most part, the parent will become defensive and try to defend the child's behavior or position and blame the teacher, the school, the county, etc for causing the problem. It is never their fault for not being a parent. Now you want us to go into the lion's den, where God knows what may be lurking for us. HAVE YOU PEOPLE LOST YOUR MIND??????
I think the school/teachers want to do this out of concern for their students. Maybe to see how they live and why they have the issues they do. Of course those parents are going to be on the defense because they will think they are being watched or told how to better raise their child.
Will Workers Comp cover them while they are off school grounds doing social work they aren't being paid to do?
Post a Comment