Creating Parent Partnerships
Published on Jan 15, 2018
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Parent versus Teacher Role
1) Break groups into teachers and parents.
2) Read a case study about an unmotivated student.
3) Ask each to think about their response to the case study from their perspective as either parent or teacher.
Teacher group: How would you react to this? What is the role of a teacher in a student's academic success?
Parent Group: How would you react to this? What is the role of a parent in their child's academic success?
4) Allow 5-10minutes of brainstorming time ideas.
5) Facilitate a Socratic seminar style conversation between parents and teacher
2) Read a case study about an unmotivated student.
3) Ask each to think about their response to the case study from their perspective as either parent or teacher.
Teacher group: How would you react to this? What is the role of a teacher in a student's academic success?
Parent Group: How would you react to this? What is the role of a parent in their child's academic success?
4) Allow 5-10minutes of brainstorming time ideas.
5) Facilitate a Socratic seminar style conversation between parents and teacher
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Compare & Contrast
How are we the same? How are we different?
Parent Vs Teacher
1) How do the roles of parent compare to teachers?
2) How are parent perceptions the same or different from teachers?
3) Why might it be valuable for teachers and parents to get to know each other?
1) How do the roles of parent compare to teachers?
2) How are parent perceptions the same or different from teachers?
3) Why might it be valuable for teachers and parents to get to know each other?
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WHAT IS A POSITIVE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP?
What is a positive interpersonal relationship? How might this help improve c
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Interpersonal Relationships are connections made between two or more people. It is finding common interests or goals.
Mutally Shared Attributes:
- Trust
- Respect
- Listening
- Sharing
- Compromise
- Empathy
Brainstorm: How could teachers build interpersonal relationships between teachers and parents?
Facilitator Notes
Ideas to add to the conversation
Parent records: this is documentation about all parent information and contact. It would include parent's work info, personality, strengths, interests, dreams/wishes for their child's learning
parent perception surveys
Parent get to know you & your student phone call
E-mailing parents
Ideas to add to the conversation
Parent records: this is documentation about all parent information and contact. It would include parent's work info, personality, strengths, interests, dreams/wishes for their child's learning
parent perception surveys
Parent get to know you & your student phone call
E-mailing parents
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Action Plan
- What will you implement in your practice?
1) Make sure to provide paid staff time. Perhaps leave 10 minutes at the end of the staff meeting to get started on this.
2) Break it down into make goal markers & schedule it. Use Google Classroom as a platform for sharing and tracking findings.
Additional musings:
What can administration do to support this?
How can we provide timely and constructive feedback?
Additional resources? Folder with examples of parent perceptions surveys. Unpacking a parent perception survey during a staff meeting could be an additional activity to consider for the future.
2) Break it down into make goal markers & schedule it. Use Google Classroom as a platform for sharing and tracking findings.
Additional musings:
What can administration do to support this?
How can we provide timely and constructive feedback?
Additional resources? Folder with examples of parent perceptions surveys. Unpacking a parent perception survey during a staff meeting could be an additional activity to consider for the future.
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