I am a speech pathologist in the schools and I rotate between 3 schools (which is brutal while all teachers stay in one site the whole year).
So I can’t be there every single day to talk to teachers about things. I sent a Kindergarten teacher 5 emails! Fricking 5!! about IEP meeting dates and notices and she never responds to me, then goes to the other speech therapist who is on that site full time to ask about when the meeting is.
I asked for that teacher’s number from the other Speech therapist and she hit me with a “they don’t always check their email, go talk to her in person”
Am I the only one who thinks this is highly unprofessional that a teacher doesn’t check her emails every day? I find this to be highly disrespectful especially when she knows she will be invited to meetings, etc.
Checking your emails and keeping up to date with things is a professional requirement, being “busy” with kids doesn’t excuse anything. Like who’s not busy? I’m busy, principal is busy, everyone is busy..
Am I the only one who finds this so irresponsible and annoying? Why do some teachers do this? Are they on a power trip thinking you’re busier than someone who is rotating between 3 schools with a caseload of students that’s almost 4 times what they have?
Edit: I have a caseload of 85 students. When I am at that elementary school (one of THREE sites) I don’t even have time to go to the bathroom or get a sip of water because I am servicing students all day. When it’s lunchtime for 1st-5th, preschool kids have class so I service them. I don’t have the leisure and luxury like the teachers to lounge around the coffee machine, eat lunch, etc. then after school they happily leave right on the dot after students go. She also NEVER picks up her extension.