Private schools set 3 controls to prevent their interference

Parents confuse teachers while explaining "remote" lessons

Private schools monitored parents' interference during distance learning.

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Private schools decided to set three controls to prevent students’ parents from entering teachers’ groups via “WhatsApp”, for students from the first to fifth grades of primary school, sending them text chat messages through distance education applications, and talking directly with teachers during the remote classroom, after they were detected. Private schools Parents of students enter, while the teachers explain the distance classes, and give them feedback on their performance, the weekly class schedule, and the distance learning system.

Managers and officials in private schools in the country told "Emirates Today" that the intervention of the students' parents during the lessons, the discussion of the teachers about their performance, the difficulty of the curricula, and the technical problems that occur during distance learning, is rejected, because it confuses the teachers, and affects the time Classes at the expense of students.

They pointed out that one of the parents informed a teacher in front of the students “from a distance” about her poor performance in the classroom, and another insisted that the Internet is weak, despite its presence in the school, while a third discussed the teacher for a long time, during the lesson, about the difficulty of the curriculum.

They explained that despite the limited number of students studying remotely, compared to the number of students who receive face-to-face education in the classroom, some parents insist on opening the headset during lessons, and talking with the teacher about their son or daughter not understanding the lesson, or commenting negatively on The performance of the teacher, and the electronic system approved by the school for distance learning.

They pointed out that some parents send text messages, through the chat system in the distance learning system, whether “Tims” or “Zoom”, during the lessons, which leads to confusion and distraction of students during the lesson, and waste part of the class time, to force the teacher To respond to their inquiries, adding that they have put in place three controls in order to limit the interference of parents of students, including closing the chat in “WhatsApp” groups at all levels of study, in addition to closing the chat room in distance learning applications during lessons, and sending text messages. To all students’ parents not to talk to the teachers during the lesson, to prevent chaos in the classroom, which leads to confusion of students, taking time from the lessons, and disturbing the teachers.

They explained that they have adopted e-mails for students’ families to communicate with the heads of departments at all levels of study, so that the student’s guardian sends his message on the e-mail to the department head directly, so that the department head will follow up on the complaint or observation with the competent teacher, in order to reduce the occurrence of misconduct among the teachers. and students’ families, and work to resolve any issue within the school’s administrative framework.

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Principals of private schools in the country reported that some parents with students insist on joining the teachers’ group, which is designated for the mothers of students, using the mother’s own phone number, and discussing with the teachers in administrative matters related to delayed delivery of books, or technical problems that occur during distance learning, what It leads to confusion of teachers, and a negative attitude from some parents, as a result of their disrespect for the mechanism of discussion with educational staff.

They stressed that the students' families must follow the special channels for asking questions and technical problems by the heads of the administrative departments in the school, and not to the teachers' group or during the lessons.

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