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Community & Parental Involvements
"Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret Mead
In my first year of teaching, my relationship with parents was good, but it was limited to the telephone. In my second year, I really wanted parents to become involved with the school and actually come inside the school doors. I was not alone and the particular team of teachers I worked with-- also shared the same goal. We started calling all parents of students who were failing. We worked as a team and called together. This helped tremendously because parents were able to hear from each teacher and often hear about the same types of behavior. When we were unable to see results from students after speaking on the phone, we called and arranged a conference. At least three times a week we spoke with different parents at the school and with the student. Although this was not always productive, I noticed a change in parents. Parents also started stopping by to check in the windows of their child’s classes to see if they were on-task with class work. During district testing time, we need a great deal of proctors to administer the exam. Our team of teachers spent less than thirty minutes calling parents to get 10 parents to come in and help. This was a testament to the relationships we had formed with the parents of our students and how comfortable they felt coming to the school. In addition, we also had the highest number of parents come to parent-teacher conferences (in comparison to the other grade levels and teams). I know almost all of my students parents by name and the I know that by working together with my team of teachers and meeting the parents face-to-face made the difference.
Another activity that was successful was my class website on school notes. You can view my site by clicking here. Even though not all of my student’s parents have access to a computer the ones that are on the internet we able to visit and send me e-mails asking about the progress of their child. I also posted a class syllabus that outlined important test dates and assignments and parents used this information to help keep their children on track. I had parents thank me for putting so many details on the website. The parents have said that this way they did not fall for the famous homework line, “We don’t have any [no] homework.”
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