If some parents complain about your colleague, do you tell her about it or keep quiet?

I am a teacher, and I have had something similar happen before. It all depends on the type of relationship you have with the aforementioned co-worker. If you are friends with them, I would definitely let them know what it is going on.

If not, it may be a better choice to have a conversation with an administrator to let them handle the situation. After all, it really is more of their responsibility than your own. In my own situation, I advised the complaining parents to voice their concerns with the teacher they were discussing and/or our school's principal.

I made sure they were aware that I cared about the issues going on, but at the same time, it's not really my problem nor responsibility to deal with.

I think I agree with demanda. The parents should not be telling you about their problems with another teacher. They might feel as though they can talk to you about it and might be looking for some justification of their feelings by someone on the inside.

However, I would also refer them to either the teacher or the administration. Since you have mentioned in the past that your administration is not very helpful, I don't know what they might do about complaints about a teacher. I do think it is in your best interest to tell the parents that you understand their concern but that you can't comment on other teachers or their policies.

When I taught at a community college, there were some teachers in my department that I would not want to steer students toward. However, I couldn't say anything about the teachers either or risk seeming unprofessional. I would tell the students to talk to their peers.

Sometimes these other teacher's classes were the only ones that fit in their schedule. I would tell them to use all of the colleges' services, including the tutoring center should they find that they need it in the future. It's tricky to know another teacher has problems in personality or teaching but its another thing to be able to do anything about it.

If at all possible, you might consider staying out of it. Hopefully she won't ask you a direct question about it - like - were these parents talking about me...Because you don't want to say, well I advised them to talk to administration but you don't want to lie either.

That sounds like a really difficult situation. As I am not that person's supervisor, I am going to recommend that you speak with Mrs. Smith. I'll write down her contact information for you, and you can take your concerns there, as that would be a much better use of your time.

Now, we were talking about your son's behavior in my class...." Period.

This is really tricky as are relationships at work. If you could find some way to mention what the parents had said in a non-confrontative way it would be positive and allow her to move forward hopefully. However, depending on your relationship, she may turn on you and it may become awkward to work together- you wouldn't want that to happen.

I would type up the comments as close to what the parents actually said without comment and put it in the teacher's box anonymously. If she wanted to investigate it further she could, but without leaving your name or the parent's names she will have to take it in stride and hopefully make changes necessary. Even if she doesn't change, at least you have put the ball in motion and allowed for the possibility of change which is all that you can expect to do.

Good luck!

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