Parent/Teacher Communications

Research has proven that children can perform better in school when both parents and teachers are active in the school and there are also open lines of communication between the classroom teacher and the parent. There are several other ways you can achieve this besides the traditional parent/teacher conference.
· Supply the parents with an e-mail address where they can ask questions or make comments.
· PTA meetings, although not the perfect time to have one on one conferences with parents, will still give you the opportunity to interact with each other.
· Send home a weekly newsletter explaining what’s going on this week in the classroom and have the parents sign and return it to you.
· Let parents know that you are available for meetings with advance notice.
· If you see a problem starting, don’t wait for the parent to contact you, you contact the parent.