As long as my son has been in public school we have taken the 'luck of the draw' for teachers. So far teaching 'styles' have run the gamut from a teacher my DH still refers to as 'Captain Blye' to a really wonderful teacher for ds' 3rd grade.
Last year the schools here set up new websites where the teachers can post homework assignments, class snapshots and more. It does not appear mandatory for the teachers, some posted nothing at all.
I was grateful for the various things which ds's teacher posted last year, mostly photos, but also instructions for the longer term projects were very helpful to find on line.
Out of curiosity last week I checked out the pages for the 4th grade teachers/classes. So far none of them had updated last year's pages, so I got to check them all out. In my opinion this gives a really interesting (though I'm sure incomplete) picture of which teachers might work best for ds. There is one who seems to really stand out as good and at least a couple more who should be ok.
This seems like an interesting resource.
(Hopefully the school would not mind my looking at things like this, they are out there for all to see. )
Anyone else taking a look at their school/upcoming classroom website?
We still have little say in who ds gets, but this will at least prepare me a bit for the various 'styles' out there.
