Disappointed

I wanted to post my interview blog today, but unfortunately school was cancelled Friday.  On Wednesday I had briefly discussed the interview with my host teacher, but didn't have time to finish the whole thing, but I gave her some ideas to think about.  Well, Thursday was Student-Led Conferences (basically a parent teacher conference but the students lead it), so we had scheduled for the interview to formally occur on Friday.  Well, of course we had a massive ice storm Thursday night (That's April for you :) Thank you Michigan!).  So, hopefully she has time for me on Monday before or after school to squeeze me in.  Luckily I was able to interview my daughter's teacher after we did her student-led conference!!!  One down, one to go. 

But, the real disappointment I encountered when speaking to the two teachers was their knowledge of what developmentally appropriate practice and advocacy was.  One teacher had no idea what developmentally appropriate practice meant, and thought advocacy was the the local special education group.  The other teacher didn't know what it meant to be an advocate for educational issues.  I just don't understand why there is such little knowledge out there about ECE advocacy, and using developmentally appropriate practice at the elementary level.  I am feeling discouraged, and hope that somehow I am able to make an impact.  These are my child's teachers, and it pains me to send her to a school where there is such little regard for these issues.  My thought is, I have two choices.  1) Do nothing and send her to a different school (which will probably have the same issues) or 2) Do something about it.  Try to educate the educators and administrators on what it means to use developmentally appropriate practice at the elementary level.  Why should DAP be a term we only use in preschools here in Michigan?!