How do you refer to DC's teacher? (clicky)

CD+AL · September 2011

Assuming that you're not talking to your child (especially when talking to him/her), what do you call your DC's teacher?

I had to call DS' teacher the other day, and it felt really awkward to call her "Mrs. So-&-so," but it also didn't feel right to call her by her first name. I guess it doesn't feel so weird when I'm talking to DH, for example, about something Mrs. So-&-so said, so I guess I err on the side of formality????

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mrswright2006 · September 2011

DD has 2 teachers, and they refer to themselves as Miss Firstname, so that is what I call them as well.

kmhunt11 · September 2011

If you call your child's teacher Mr/Mrs/Ms Lastname, and they'd prefer you called them something else they would tell you. As a teacher, it would've been weird if parents called me on the phone and called me by my first name. Don't know why, but it definitely would've felt strange.

virginiamorse · September 2011

I call them what they introduce themselves to me as. So DS's preschool teachers all said their first names when we met (and if they called me they would say Hi this is Julie), so I always called them by their first names. His Kindie teacher introduced herself to me as Mrs. G... so that is what I call her.

I'm a high school teacher and parents always called me Mrs.M...., even when I was right out of school and much younger then them.

renogaw · September 2011

The teachers at DD's school are called Miss Firstname and Mr. Firstname by the kids. If I'm talking to DD I use the Miss and Mr. If I'm talking to the teachers directly I just use their first names. They call me by my first name, so it all works out.

cmh06 · September 2011

kmhunt11:
If you call your child's teacher Mr/Mrs/Ms Lastname, and they'd prefer you called them something else they would tell you. As a teacher, it would've been weird if parents called me on the phone and called me by my first name. Don't know why, but it definitely would've felt strange.

I agree. As a teacher myself, most parents call me Mrs. Lastname. I sometimes feel its presumptuous when they start off calling by my first name w/o me telling them to call me first name. I feel like I'm their child's teacher, a professional, not their buddy. Know what I mean. There have been a few parents over the years that I've had many sibling in the same family. Most of those parents do call me by my first name, but I've asked them too.

jsugrin · September 2011

My son's preschool teacher introduced herself to us simply by first name, including DS. I feel a little weird about it for DS so we've taught him to call her Mrs. First Name, we referred to her by Mrs. First Name in his presence but when DH and I talk to each other or talk directly to her ( without DS around) we call her by her first name.

changingnames · September 2011

We call them all Miss. First name since that is what they introduced themselves as. I like it.

franciscaz · September 2011

mrswright2006:
DD has 2 teachers, and they refer to themselves as Miss Firstname, so that is what I call them as well.

Yeah that. I assumed it would have been Ms. "Smith" but she refered to herself when she introduced herself to Harmon as Ms. "Jane" so that is what we go by. Her aides do the same thing. If he has a new teacher and she refers to herself as say last name only or first name no Ms. than we will follow suit.

MrsHughesNC · September 2011

At our school teachers are known by their first names. Took me some getting used to, but that's what we call them.

howleyshell · September 2011

Some are Ms. First name (public pre-school) and others prefer Ms. Last name (private pre-school and pre-K).

We go by how they're listed on the school newsletter and how they introduce themselves to the kids.

KathrynMD · September 2011

everyone is called Miss First Name

I actually called DD's old teacher just FirstName earlier this morning and DD corrected - "No! She's MISS firstname!!" LOL

FortMyersBride · September 2011

DS has 2 teachers, he calls both of them Miss Firstname. When I speak to them I just use their first names as they use my first name when talking to me.

smitt2619 · September 2011

The teachers at our school prefer to be called Mrs. lastname, by both the kids and parents. Last year they both had really easy names (Berg and

, but this year the last names a kinda long and tricky, so we'll see how it goes for DS to learn them, although it takes him a long time to be willing to address adults by their name, so maybe for him it wouldn't matter anyhow. But I would recommend just asking the teacher what they prefer.

Jaimers375 · September 2011

Same as others, she's Miss Firstname, and I'm Miss Firstname to her too.

KristinKD · September 2011

The kids call the teachers Miss FirstName or Mrs. LastName (whatever the teacher chooses), so that's what I use when talking about them with DD. When talking to them directly or emailing them, I use their first names because that is how they introduced themselves and also sign their emails.