Parent Relations

Oh the MANY roles that teachers play:

-Educator
-Nurse
-Cheerleader
-Psychologist
-Mediator
-Storyteller
-Mathematician
-Artist
-Entertainer
-Coach
-Listener
-Friend
-Discipliner
-Interior Designer
-Organizer
-Technology Specialist
-Seating Chart Arranger
-Snack Passer-Outer
-Shoe-tier
-Disinfectant Guru
-Meeting Coordinator
-Career Specialist
-I think you are getting the hint!

TEACHERS DO IT ALL!!!!!!

 

It seems like teachers have it all figured out...but there is one role that they need to pay EXTRA SPECIAL attention to: PR.

 

No, not just Public Relations....I'm talking about PARENT RELATIONS.

 

A teacher can control the learning environment in their classroom, but they have no control over what happens, or doesn't happen at home!!!! 

 

As I have been working with students on their sight words, it is obvious which students practice at home with their parents or siblings, and which ones do not.

 

Having a professional and positive relationship with the parents of your students can help you coordinate your plans for their child during that academic school year.  You can become a team, working towards the same goal: the success of their child.  Parents can help their children by assisting them with homework, checking their grades, volunteering in their classroom, reading out loud with them, spending quality time away from electronics with them, and talking to them about what they are learning in school, and what they want to "be" when they grow up.

 

When a student receives quality instructions and guidance in the classroom, and that is coupled with quality study and learning at home, there is almost no room for failure.  :)