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students with an aide
By Cathy-Dee

I agree with much of what Michelle said in her post. I do think you handled things quite well. It sounds like the school has an issue with this student and it was probably a good thing you didn't react to the Principal
when he took over. He probably thought he was helping you out by taking over.
As far as informing - it may have been more of an oversight than anything. Sometimes when there is an aide involved the classroom teacher forgets to let the sub know all the details they should know - like the fact that your student was leaving earlier in the day.
Some information can't be left because

as Michelle pointed out it is confidential - this can make things quite difficult for a sub as well.
And sometimes it just comes down to time. Why was this teacher away - was she sick? I know when I'm writing up plans, sometimes it is hard to think of every little detail so if I have an aide in the room I'm expecting them to help keep things going smoothly too.

You might want to mention to the Principal on a casual note that you would have liked to have had a copy of the discipline plan you heard about so that you were following the same plan as well. Sometimes we just forget to inform.

As far as the aide helping to keep kids quiet, etc., it may be what happens naturally in the room between the aide and the teacher. I don't think it was necessarily a power trip on the part of the aide. In my classrooms if I have an aide, they are treated as a teacher and I expect my kids to listen to them as well as myself. I do like it when they catch the kids I miss because I'm working with a small group or one-on-one.