We go every year. It's the night before school starts and it's when we find out what teacher our kids will have.

I like to know:

1) How they can be reached. I don't want to email them if they only check voicemail and vice versa
2) What a typical day looks like. It's hard at our school because the kids have "pull outs" for math, reading and music so basically at least half of the day, my child *could* be in another class with another teacher.
3) How much homework counts toward the grade: we don't think it should carry much weight other than projects and book reports
4)If I want to help and/or sit in on a class, is that okay and what is the process to do so
5) What kind of reward system the teacher uses: we HATE when teachers use food (especially sweets) as an incentive/reward for something. If that is how the teacher does his/her system, we need to know how to opt our child out and what alternatives can the teacher do for our child. For the record, the schools are not supposed to use candy/sweets as a reward but that doesn't mean they don't
6) If my child has any issues or problems, will we be made aware of them or do we need to ask from time to time?

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