Re: My official creepiest moment as a teacher...it happened today!

Rachel, that would freak me out too.

Did he just eventually get up and walk out of the classroom and pass you three without saying anything?

How did you find who he was?

Re: My official creepiest moment as a teacher...it happened today!

Always lock your room...parents have no right to be in your room!!!

That is rediculous...you mentioned a headmaster so it sounds like a private school where the parents feel that they can do whatever they want. Are you part of a union?? If so seek a union rep out about this!!!

Re: My official creepiest moment as a teacher...it happened today!

The school district where I went to HS and had some recreational jobs was public, but wealthy. It's amazing what parents with money can do to administrators. We had this father who everyone knew (or at least thought) abused the kids and he held such power over teachers, etc. as well. It's really unfortunate that people in power are so scared of people with money. Incidentally, I don't think this father that I'm talking about was among the wealthier, but still, there was always this culture of 'parents rule.' Anyway, the children are your first concern when you're a teacher. As a music teacher, do you feel like you have less power than other teachers? (My dad is a music teacher and I know that sometimes happens.) Can you get together with some other teachers to kind of petition for a change (not literally sign a petition...if it's a small school, I'm sure it can be done on a more personal level). But, just to have support in approaching the headmaster and asking that things be changed, that parents not have so much freedom as to put teachers and children in such a fearful, unsafe state?

good luck

Re: My official creepiest moment as a teacher...it happened today!

That is incredibly creepy and I hoe that something gets done about it.

Re: My official creepiest moment as a teacher...it happened today!

Well, nothing was done, and today when I was walking towards my classroom, AGAIN, the SAME MAN started walking into my room! But the kindergarten music teacher was in there, so he didn't go in. I'm so mad, I cannot even believe this man was about to go back into my classroom!!!!!!!!!!! I have been out of the building for most of the day and now the headmaster is tied up in a meeting, so I won't be able to talk to him today. I'm so pissed off. Unfortunately, we've had discussions, long meetings, etc, as a faculty with the headmaster about this issue with parents and something will get done for a week, and then it's back to the same ol' same ol'. We do not have a union at all in my school. No one to look out for OUR best interests. My main concern is for the children, especially because we recently had an issue with a father who was not supposed to be picking up their child from school because of a messy divorce, and they let him take her. The teachers were OUTRAGED and called the mother, but nothing got done about it. We were told that we are to always send a child with their parent, no matter what. BS, absolute BS.

Re: My official creepiest moment as a teacher...it happened today!

OMG...that's awful! I can't believe that they put teachers' and students' safety at risk that way. I guess the downside of working in a private school is not having a union to take care of issues like that. I hope you get it straightened out soon!