If it were me,I'd team up with the mom of the other child and would first see how she would like to proceed.
Then obviously inform the Schulleitung,best by letter and better still, write it together with the other mum!
I have copied the info about the person responsible for KG of the Education board of your town ( Primarschulkomission) , and will PM it to you,then you can take it a step further and talk to this person as well,becasue is is definitely a neglect on the side of the KG teacher and not you !!
The incident on the mobile phone when she told you not to call her again: was that after the indicent involving your daughter?
If so, it sounds like this teacher has some issues and you need to escalate the whole thing up the foodchain.
Cheers,
Nick
Its upsetting to hear when teachers are so complacent about problems like this. A couple of generations ago, no one would have blinked an eyelid maybe, but you just can't get away with it nowadays.
I had a similar issue with a teacher not taking her responisibility seriously, and after having spoken a few times on different issues we went over her head to the headmaster with a formal complaint. Things improved almost immediately.
Have just sent you a pm on it.
See you around and enjoy the holiday!
Make sure you start the ball rolling on Tuesday!!!
During the meeting, if you feel your complaints are not taken seriously enough, threaten you'll take your story to the local newspaper. I guarantee you this will bring action because no school wants negative publicity.
Don't wait longer than the first week back at school.
Most Swiss teachers are fine but, just like in any business, you'll have very good, medicore and a few incompetent employees. Unlike the US, where parents can be very vocal, many parents here still are hesitant to complain. They don't want to rock the boat. However, sometimes you have to rock the boat to put it back on course.
I agree that sometimes Swiss schools are too lax on issues and it takes parents to straighten things out. After all, in the end, it's the parents who are responsible for their children's welfare.
Good luck!
From the most basic level, roll-calls and head-counts are absolutely essential in this "business". Let's face it - you must know which kids are on the premises every day. Every Day. And that's before you consider a field trip or something similar.
Before leaving, you repeat the roll-call and verify the head-count. Repeat the head-count at every significant moment (or more if needs be).
This teacher has failed in her duty. I would actually look up the private number of the head honcho and launch now. Frankly, teachers don't stop being teachers during holidays.
I would have spun on the teacher and it would not have been pretty. Maybe for a 15-year-old you can drop a comment like that but an infant? No way.
Besides, the teacher had the obligation to ensure all children were present and accounted for - this did not happen (twice). Quote any case where children were abducted and mention in the same sentence that two were left in an extremely vulnerable position.
I don't like drumming someone out of a job but this "teacher" needs reassessing as an asset. That should not have to wait until the worst-case scenario happens - a kid run over, abducted or something else.
Hya Lob,
I emailed Sutter exactly this details, so that she can contact the guy a the top.
One would think with all the stuff that happened wolrdwide,teachers would pay more attention......I am just happy that in my neck of the woods the teachers are trustworthy,and I hope it stays that way.
My daughter has a very bad illness called croup, and she gets very nasty attack`s where she cannot breath, and she get`s them alot especially in winter i have lost count how many time`s i have had to rush her to the hospital before she dies. If she get`s an attack then there is no-way i can send her to KG. I have emergency medicine at home from the Doctors that i have to give her, i also have a special machine that makes the air in her room damp. If she went to KG, and i had the attack under control she would still have to stay at home because she could have another attack 20 minutes or 2 hours later.
I'm surprised that a slow-witted person is kindergarten teacher, you have my sympathy!
For the safety of all the children it is important that this is not brushed under the carpet but confronted and new procedures implemented as quickly as possible. Perhaps the teachers need a refresher course on how to take children off the premises. Doing something many times makes people complacent.
Be tenacious and don't be fobbed off... Stick to your points and keep on until you are satisfied they have the message and that this kind of thing will not be tolerated in future.
I hope you all, especially your daughter, are having a lovely Easter break and has put the scary day before she broke up in the past. Good luck with the challenge ahead!
Poor little girl! I read your story, and I'm sooo angry to heard something like that. How irresponsable!
As a teacher, you have to take care of your students, and as a teacher in kindergarden, you have to do it in 100%!!!!
It is already awful to see she doesn't do her job, but the fact she knows your daughter health problem, she should take care 150%. She doesn't have to show her and the other kids she give her more attention, but she should always have her in mind.
Thank God, nothing happened, but it can happen in the futur. For that reason, I will not be able to keep my daugther under that teacher's responsability. The trust is gone.
Did you have the chance to talk with the other mom? I'm curious to know her position.
All my best wishes to you and your familly,
Nil