| The teacher as a content specialist |
“We should be helped. I cannot. I am empathetic, but I think there should be specialists dealing with...let me work with the others, deliver them the information ” |
| The teacher as an academic performance elicitor |
“On certain subjects, especially those in the exams, there will be parents who require performance, they seek places in the National Olympics in math and language, At a certain point this becomes the parameter you’re measured by as a teacher” (Teacher) |
| The teacher as a skillful master of specifically attributed sets of teaching tools (e.g. assessment tools) |
“Music is on the second page. Music is not important (...) You cannot leave uncovered a moment in the school’s life – we sing for mom’s day, dad’s day, flag’s day.... wait a minute, I am not a supplier of artistic moments. I have a subject to teach. When I introduced quizzes at Music...wait a minute! What do you mean by quiz in Music Education? But we do teach theory that can be tested. It had not been heard of before ...Well I am not that cold-hearted, because I know they work a lot for other subjects.... but is just not normal that way!” (Teacher) |
| The teacher as a mediator in the school–parents’ relations |
“There are families who won’t accept their child has a problem and they hide the condition from us, that is they don’t provide all the medical records when they bring the child to the school., possibly because they still fear we won’t have their child (...) I’ve made some parents admit ...and at the parents meeting the other parents started telling me I should insure safety to all children in the school” (School manager) |
