Communication Basics

Teachers communicate with the parents of their student’s on a regular basis. There are many forms of communication in which a teacher may use. When using a written form, it is important to remember there is always an audience and a purpose for writing. Many elementary teachers may choose to send home a weekly schedule in which the purpose would be to inform parents so they may be involved with their child’s school activities and make sure homework is being done on time. The other purpose for sending out a weekly schedule is to have the parent and student take action to get the assigned tasks completed. The audience for the weekly schedule would be not only the parents, but also the student. For this reason, it is important to use simple, concrete language. If a teacher follows these beginning steps, his or her writing will be more successful.