journal #6

discussion questions on page 66

1. The confidentiality was broke with the mother first off because she had overheard the teacher talking about other students and other families at a restaurant the night before.

2. The confidentiality was broke with the child because at recess and in the classroom he overheard the 2 teachers talking about him and his disability in front of the other kids and to each other during class time.

3. I don't think there should have been an in-depth discussion about his disability between the directors it seems they had a long conversation about him. I think maybe the other director should have said less information and then told the new director she needed to have a conversation with the mother to get more details.

4. This meeting should have maybe included the mother, the director, and the teacher only if approved by the parent first.

5. I think if you were going to talk to the classmates about Eric's disability, it should have been to make him feel included and not to make him feel left out or different. Otherwise I don't think its necessary to bring it up with the kids.

6. Some methods i think would have eased his first day was first off the teacher should have made him feel included in activities, maybe payed a little more attention to him on this day. His lovie should not have been taken away, and the incident with his sandwich if outside food was not allowed this should have been brought up to the mother at drop off. When it was noticed that he was playing by himself outside maybe a teacher should have interacted with him instead of gossiping about him.

7. This teacher is all the way inappropriate, it is not okay to talk about the kids you work with, their behaviors, or their family issues with friends and relatives. This kind of stuff should be on a need to know basis, only if it pertains to the way a child is acting or participating in class. No names should have been used while she was out to dinner talking about these children.

8. Even if it happened in the lounge at work and its amongst other co-workers i still feel that the only people that need to know about this stuff is directors, assistant directors, and teachers who directly work with those kids on a day to day basis. Family issues and problems should not be spread around the childcare or school.

9. As the director i would have a staff meeting about gossip and about privacy. Then i would have to coach the teacher on privacy, and let her know how her actions affected the family. Talk with the mother and let her know that the problem with the teacher has been handled. Also as the director i would have let the mom tell me about her sons problems he had at his other daycare, and let her tell me some of the concerns she had there, instead of immediately jumping to the conclusion that i know all about his issues.

10. I think the mother should leave the child at this school.

11. I think that the mother should give this daycare a little more time before she moves her son again. My first reason for this would be because i wouldn't want to shock the child again with another drastic change. Allow him some time to adjust and make new friends. Give the teacher a chance to rectify her wrongs with the way she handled him on his first day. Obviously if the problems persist and he cant move up to another teacher anytime soon then I'm sure she would be within her rights to move him again.