Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
How to communicate with parents - Coggle Diagram
How to communicate with parents
Offline Teaching
Sources
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/building-parent-teacher-relationships
Parent conferences
PTA at schools
Emails
Newsletters
Weekly or monthly folder reviews sent home
At school resournces
Homework hotlines
Field days where parents can come
Open house for class or whole school
School website updates for a class as a whole
Inserts in local papers
Workshops for parents
Online Teaching
Whole class communication
and individual communication
Beginning of school form (digital form) So the parents understand the standards of the school.
Survey in order to understand what the parents are looking for
Resources
https://www.edutopia.org/article/teacher-parent-communication-strategies-start-year-right/
These strategies are still developing as online teaching is fairly new
Individualized communication
Video calls
Phone call and texts
Post online class meeting
Tech tools such as seesaw and class dojo
Curriculum meetings with staff and parents
Social media posts to time stamp progress during the semester
Hybrid Teaching
Set expectations
map communications
Not Urgent or Mission Critical
Urgent Communications (that are not mission critical)
Important Communications (that are not time sensitive)
Urgent and Important Communications
Coordinate with parents
Distribute communication
superintendent
classroom teachers
principal
Preparation
establish schedule for communication
create central site
Streamline information
Provide an overview of what families for important notes
Establish a template for shared information
Set guidelines for how your teachers will update this information.