UNIT 2. Building parent-teacher relationships
What's crucial to get parents involved with their children's education?
A trustful family-teacher relationship and positive communication
Why is important build a trustful family-teacher relationship and positive communication?
Because is an effective stategy to support and foster students' learning process
What's the fact that is related to student success, especially in infants and primary education?
The connection parents-teacher
Parents involvement can be:
actively involved with their children at home, helping with their learning process
Are benefits there of a positive relationship between parents and teachers?
Yes, all parties involved will benefit: teachers, parents and students
Strategies to get parents involved in their child's education:
- One-way communication.
- Two-way communication.
How should be the one-way communication?
- Simple and accesible
- Concise and to the point
- Visually appealing
The use of infographics are
useful for one-way communication
Two-way communication interactions are:
- Phone calls home
- Parent-teacher conferences
- Open school days
- Send-home parent surveys
The frame of types of involvement is formed by:
six different ways to engage parents
The school-Family-Community Partnership Model proposes six different ways to engage parents or guardians in their child's education, which ones?
Parenting, communication, volunteering, learning at home, decision-making, collaborating with the community