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    Is it a possibility for the school counselor to observe the class? I guess it would be hard for them to do this without knowing the specific concerns that you may not want to share with school personnel. However, that is common in our schools, as well as other professionals observing. They never say who they are observing and they may have some interesting observations.

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    Originally Posted by Dude
    If a teacher told me that I wasn't allowed to observe my DD at her classroom, I would laugh at them. If they didn't get the joke, I'd remind the teacher they work at a "public" school, and then I'd remind them of the public laws that guarantee me the right to access.

    Such laws vary from state to state, natch, so I'd advise you to check yours.

    And then, in a less playful manner, I'd ask the teacher why they think they should have unmonitored access to juveniles.

    Exactly.


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    I'm with Dude -- no way they deny me access to my child's class.

    And the only classrooms where students' names are a secret are my son's e-school ones. He can see all the names and posts, but in my parent log-in, all I can see are his posts, the teachers' posts, and the greyed-out existence of all the other posts, names and avatars.

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    When you are in the classroom at our school as a volunteer or otherwise, you have to sign a confidentiality agreement. We are not allowed to share our observations about other students outside of the class. Maybe you could offer to sign something similar to allay their privacy concerns?

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    Originally Posted by knute974
    When you are in the classroom at our school as a volunteer or otherwise, you have to sign a confidentiality agreement. We are not allowed to share our observations about other students outside of the class. Maybe you could offer to sign something similar to allay their privacy concerns?

    I wonder what the consideration is for such a confidentiality agreement.


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    Originally Posted by knute974
    When you are in the classroom at our school as a volunteer or otherwise, you have to sign a confidentiality agreement. We are not allowed to share our observations about other students outside of the class. Maybe you could offer to sign something similar to allay their privacy concerns?

    For public school we have access without signing anything. For the private gifted pull out program we are not allowed access. The child can't even visit before attending. This is because it disrupts the flow of the class.

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