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26Com m unication with Hom e
Building relationships is central to teaching. As teachers, we spend ten m onths building a
relationship with students and their fam ilies. It's not hard to build relationships with your students
who are there and with you every day, but it's m ore difficult to reach their fam ily.
Having good com m unication strategies m akes your life easier. Keeping parents informed, in
som e m anner, m akes them part of the team . They see that they are working together with the
teacher to help children be successful. Parents are less likely to be annoyed if they hear about
classroom activities and assignm ents from you on a regular basis.
Included are exam ples of newsletters. These letters and m em os were usually sent hom e on a
Friday. They either outlined the next weeks or were m eant to educate parents. Consider taking
the tim e to phone hom e to report on the positive progress of a student. A five-minute conversation
that outlines how pleased you are with Biff’s effort and progress has long lasting, positive effects.
Think about Division Nights where you could invite parents in to discuss a particular subject,
or Student-led-Conferencing which is so good for students and parents.
Take every opportunity to build a positive relationship with your students and their fam ilies.
It takes a bit of time but it creates an atm osphere where there are fewer problem s.
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