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Case: The Absent Parent
You as a first grade teacher, always feel that parent-teacher conference day is basically a day off for you. "If five parents showed up, it was a lot," you usually say. What is going on? How can you fix this so that you get maximum parental participation in your parent-teacher conferences?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
Relationship building with your student's parents is something that should be initiated and started from day 1. If parents are unable to attend open-house, reach out to them via a personal phone call to introduce yourself. If a student does something great during the week, call home and tell their guardian about it. Have a big project coming up? Sned home a letter, and follow up with a phone call. I also think the idea of hosting monthly game nights, reading nights, etc. is another way of promoting parent involvement. If including parents in all aspects of your classroom, and keeping frequent, open communication through the year will help when it comes time to parent-teacher conferences. |
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Rated On: April 20, 2013 2:19 am |
Rated By: KW1091 |
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Comments: I agree this should start early on and be made available in various ways
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Rated On: October 17, 2014 6:26 pm |
Rated By: ehaZeb |
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Comments: Being an active communicator is important. This is a good solution. |
Rated On: October 18, 2014 3:38 pm |
Rated By: Holly Ebbert |
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Comments: I agree with this solution and would use it in initiating relationships with parents. It is important that they are involved and aware of how their child is doing in school. By reaching out to them if they miss the open house, I think they would start to be more involved. This would also show that the teacher cares about the student and that she values parent involvement in the child's education. |
Rated On: October 18, 2014 8:07 pm |
Rated By: esaSaV |
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Comments: Great solution. The constant communication keeps parents involved in their students' education. The game nights, etc. are fun ways to get parents into the classroom. |
Rated On: October 19, 2014 3:29 pm |
Rated By: Megan Lee |
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Comments: I agree with this solution. There are a lot of ways to get parents involved and to stay in touch with them. |
Rated On: October 19, 2014 4:32 pm |
Rated By: uVejeg |
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Comments: If I were in this situation, I would exactly do this. |
Rated On: October 19, 2014 11:36 pm |
Rated By: apened |
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Comments: Great idea! Parents will feel more comfortable meeting with you if they already have a positive relationship with you. |
Rated On: October 20, 2014 3:45 am |
Rated By: Deborah Guyton |
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Comments: I agree with this solution. Sometimes conference day might not be feasible for some parents, but if steps such as these are made then the parent will still have a decent grasp of how their child is doing. |
Rated On: October 20, 2014 4:08 am |
Rated By: WeGuQy |
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Comments: Involving a monthly game night is an awesome (and original) idea to involve everyone in your class. |
Rated On: February 24, 2015 6:17 pm |
Rated By: aNaQev |
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Comments: I agree having open communications by multiple and any means such as newsletters, sending home notes, phone calls, emails, text messages, conferences, and even a home visit. Communication is very important as a teacher to have with others especially with parents of students. But hosting game nights and even reading nights are something I never thought of and would be really cool to have the parents come be involved with. |
Rated On: February 27, 2015 1:45 am |
Rated By: aHeXud |
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Comments: Great solution! Communication is so important |
Rated On: March 1, 2015 4:16 am |
Rated By: apazeR |
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Comments: I agree with this solution, communication is key to parental involvement and as you stated should be issue since day 1. |
Rated On: March 1, 2015 7:36 pm |
Rated By: Charity Knowles |
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Comments: I agree with this solution. |
Rated On: October 15, 2015 4:20 am |
Rated By: eZuGeQ |
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Comments: This is a great solution. |
Rated On: October 16, 2015 5:10 pm |
Rated By: uqeMeg |
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Comments: I love all of these suggestions, but i think it would be difficult for the teacher to keep up on all of these tasks. |
Rated On: October 16, 2016 12:42 am |
Rated By: TaTaBy |
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Comments: Yes! The relationship you have with your students' parents is just as important as your relationship with your students. |
Rated On: October 16, 2016 4:14 am |
Rated By: ematen |
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Comments: relationships with parents are important. |
Rated On: March 2, 2017 11:46 pm |
Rated By: Travis Cannon |
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Comments: creating a relationship with the parents can help the children alot! |
Rated On: July 19, 2017 6:00 pm |
Rated By: Savannah Lynn |
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Comments: I agree! |
Rated On: October 3, 2018 10:58 pm |
Rated By: eqeJaQ |
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Comments: Great idea. |
Rated On: October 9, 2018 12:55 am |
Rated By: pagyDa |
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Comments: Agreed! Relationships need to be built from day one. Consistent communication is key |
Rated On: October 14, 2018 6:22 pm |
Rated By: aVugaG |
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Comments: This is a very good way to respond to this situation. I would do this. |
Rated On: October 14, 2018 8:02 pm |
Rated By: sadaze |
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Comments: If I were in this situation, I would exactly do this.
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Rated On: December 4, 2018 2:24 am |
Rated By: yzysuZ |
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Comments: I agree. Encourage communication from the beginning and keep it continual |
Rated On: October 16, 2019 8:40 pm |
Rated By: uPuhuP |
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Comments: Yes i agree, often times only notes and phone calls are for bad behavior. It is good to remind parents when their children are doing well. |
Rated On: October 17, 2019 3:45 pm |
Rated By: JyLaVe |
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Comments: Great idea to keep open communication with the parents without overburdening yourself as the teacher. |
Rated On: October 20, 2019 5:18 pm |
Rated By: LeDyqa |
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Comments: Those are great ideas to promote parental involvement. |
Rated On: October 21, 2019 1:22 am |
Rated By: JeTeQu |
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Comments: I agree, promoting parent involvment can lead to stronger future involvment. |
Rated On: October 21, 2019 1:42 am |
Rated By: aSuByL |
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Comments: This is a great solution. |
Rated On: February 19, 2020 7:03 pm |
Rated By: JeRaGu |
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Comments: I really like the ideas in this solution. The monthly themed nights is an awesome idea as well as the idea to simply reach out to the parents to introduce yourself. |
Rated On: October 14, 2020 6:53 pm |
Rated By: RyWaPy |
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Comments: Great ideas, do what you can to get the parents involved |
Rated On: July 1, 2021 5:00 pm |
Rated By: yTuWeG |
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Comments: You have to create open communication |
Rated On: October 29, 2021 6:00 am |
Rated By: Drew Brown |
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This is so true and a great solution and comment. |
Rated On: April 18, 2022 1:21 am |
Rated By: Lauren Toner |
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