Building the Home-School Partnership

Building the Home-School Partnership

Communication between what you are doing in your classroom and your students’ parents is vital to establishing and maintaining a positive working relationship with parents.  Send home letters, notes, and newsletters with your students frequently to communicate the curricular topics you are addressing in class so parents can easily assist and reinforce what children are learning in school.  Maintain a website with class details and deadlines and email parents, as frequently as possible, about current projects, student progress, or issues.  Though technology and written correspondence are important, an individual phone call home to a parent goes a long way to developing that positive relationship as well.  It expresses to parents just how important their child’s progress is to you when you take the time to reach out on a more personal level.  Additionally, it is important to remember to express positive behaviors to parents in all of your communications as it makes a big difference if there is ever a problem or issue.  When you keep the door of communication open to your parents, children will experience increased success through a team approach to their learning.