Nurse Teacher conference

[tining, BSN, RN]

I am meeting with a teacher - you all know her - the one that takes it upon herself to contact parent after your assessment cleared the child of any actual go home problems. It is day 77 of school and I have had 100 visits from her classroom. First I plan to show her the number of kids I have seen compared with the other teachers (average 35). Second what can we do to work better together. I want to be calm and professional - what would be other points you would bring to the table?

[OldDude]

You can estimate the time out of class per visit and show her how much instruction time is being missed by her class. And you can TRY to explain the "me too" mentality that can easily take over a classroom; don't represent to the kids a complaint of a stomach can "immediately" command the teachers attention and grant instant leave from the class. You're already preparing strategies for this. Good Luck

[SchoolNurseTXstyle]

I would show her your district and or health department's policies of what conditions are excludable. I would also clarify within your campus and / or district which staff members are even given the authority to exclude students. This is usually limited to the nurse and administrative staff only!

[Farawyn]

I have nothing to add, but good for you, tining, for doing this in a calm way and not in the heat of the moment!

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

You can estimate the time out of class per visit and show her how much instruction time is being missed by her class. And you can TRY to explain the "me too" mentality that can easily take over a classroom; don't represent to the kids a complaint of a stomach can "immediately" command the teachers attention and grant instant leave from the class. You're already preparing strategies for this. Good Luck

All of this.

Also, when you break down time missed by students, also consider factoring in time the teacher is taking during class to address the request for the visit, write a pass, etc. This misses not only the student going is missing instruction time, but the entire class may be as well.

[zombieghoast]

I would add get a principal to be on your side. If this teacher doesn't listen to you then they have to listen to an administrator.

[OldDude]

Let us know how this turns out.

[mycsm]

I would have an additional staff member present, either a union rep, asst princ or prinicipal. have a record of all the visits from her class. AND with kids seems to be freq fliers and how they always come out of HER class, no one elses.

You decide which kids are sick enough to go home. If all that fails to shut her up, check the kids grades, and suggest to her that a certain child should have been given a higher grade than the one she gave. and when she asks who do you think you are, you can say, well it seems like we have all decided to do a little of everyones job and you have taken on her grading task.. That might shut her up...

Yes, it sounds like Ive been through this before , and once I explained that I wanted to change the grade, she stopped doing my job....for a little while.

[Farawyn]

Mmm, I would maybe go that route if the preliminary meeting doesn't pan out.