Educator Quotes: Biases & Mindsets by Gimari Jones https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8 Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2021-11-05 02:39:20 UTC 2026-01-19 01:33:18 UTC hello@padlet.com "I feel we are doing almost all we can, but still have a few parents who will not engage. Exploring solutions." - Parent gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869004175 2021-11-05 02:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869004175 "It will be more effective if all the parents would be more involved in the students' education. As TL, we do not have enough support from the parents." - Teacher gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869017339 2021-11-05 02:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869017339 “Unless we incentivize parents, nobody comes to the school. They will come for fun events, but they don’t care about any of the academic stuff.” – Teacher gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869110274 2021-11-05 03:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869110274 “I love our ECE families. They are always so engaged, and their students are on track because of it. If we could get those other families engaged, everything would be perfect.” – Administrator gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869111051 2021-11-05 03:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869111051 “All young parents care about is social media. They live in an alternate reality. They don’t really care about parenting. They only want to be on social media, and everything they do for their kids is for show for the ‘gram’.” ​– Administrator gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869112112 2021-11-05 03:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869112112 “The real barriers to family engagement are the families drug addictions.” – Teacher gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869112593 2021-11-05 03:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869112593 “APTT was a complete waste of time. We spent so much time preparing for it, all for nothing. We did so much outreach, and only a few parents come. Even the parents who did come left materials behind and just sat on their phones the whole time.” ​– Teacher gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869113055 2021-11-05 03:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869113055 “Teachers spend a lot of time preparing games and materials, and families don’t use them. It is a waste of time; parents can’t even read themselves so how are they going to help their child read.” - Teacher gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869113583 2021-11-05 03:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869113583 “We do a great job engaging our in-boundary families, but the families who are not in boundary are either homeless or don’t have transportation to be able to come to events after school.” – Administrator ​ gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869115879 2021-11-05 03:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869115879 “Parents think that as long as their kid isn’t failing, they don’t need to come to the school. They only come if it’s an RTI meeting. Families ignore proactive communication. They only respond when it’s negative, and they get really defensive. Ideally, it would be great for families to attend meetings because they care about their child, and they trust their school.” – Administrator ​ gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869117813 2021-11-05 03:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869117813 “I know this is going to sound bad, and I'm not from around here [Ward 8], but in my opinion parents and students in this community have a sense of entitlement. Parents expect teachers to communicate every time students do bad on a test or don't turn in their homework, yet parents don't even hold themselves accountable to anything. Students feel like they should be given everything, and that mindset comes from their parents. They all think it’s ok to have these entitled expectations with no personal accountability.” - Teacher​​ gjones194 https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869118657 2021-11-05 03:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gjones194/j94435igpaoj6xj8/wish/1869118657