[del677]

That's a tough one to negotiate.

It might be possible to get an adult on your side who's good at this type of negotiation.

I know a few tricks I've read how a former FBI agent learned to negotiate. He says one trick is to get the other person to come up with your solution.

I'm not sure how that would work in this situation though. You're essentially asking the teacher to come up with the idea of teplacing herself with this new teacher. How is that going to benefit her?

More free time for her? Less responsibility for her?

The other trick I remember is to ask "What..." and "How..." questions. Never ask "Why..." questions, as those ones (Why did you...?) always sound like an accusation.

However, I'm not sure how to apply these negotiating skills to this particular situation.

Maybe if she wins by doing less work?