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What Teachers Really Want From Parents?

Hyde -Woodstock teacher Terry Walsh passed along a September CNN article (“What Teachers Really Want From Parents”) about US Teacher of the Year Ron Clark that features an interesting  opening:

(CNN) – This summer, I met a principal who was recently named as the administrator of the year in her state. She was loved and adored by all, but she told me she was leaving the profession.

I screamed, “You can’t leave us,” and she quite bluntly replied, “Look, if I get an offer to lead a school system of orphans, I will be all over it, but I just can’t deal with parents anymore; they are killing us.”

Sad sign of the times? Talk amongst yourselves….

Onward,  Malcolm Gauld

About the Author

Not only is Malcolm Gauld the President of the Hyde Schools, he is also a "client" - a member of the class of 1972 and the father of two graduates..... During the past thirty years Malcolm has served Hyde as history teacher, coach of men's and women's championship teams, and administrator - including twelve years as headmaster at Hyde’s Bath, Maine campus. He became the president of Hyde Schools in 1998..... Malcolm is the author of College Success Guranteed - 5 Rules To Make It Happen (Rowman, Littlefield - 2011), a guide for beginning college students. He and his wife Laura, head of school at Hyde-Woodstock, are the authors of The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have – The Hyde School Program for Character-based Education and Parenting (Scribner, 2002)..... He received his B.A. at Bowdoin College and his Masters at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. In 1995, he was a Klingenstein Fellow at Teachers College, Columbia University..... A life-long athlete, Gauld continues to play lacrosse and basketball, has completed several marathons, and is an avid surfer. He is passionate about music, especially rock, jazz and blues. He and Laura have been married over 30 years and have three children: Mahalia '08, Scout '10, and Harrison.

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