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One example of a good communication was an email she got from a student’s mother. The mother told Ms. Frizzle that during a family vacation, her daughter was able to recognize a flower they learned about in science class, and was very proud that she could teach her mother something new. The mother thanked Ms. Frizzle for creating this mother-daughter moment.
Teacher 2
Ms. Ratburn is a 27 years old 1st grade teacher in Israel. She recently received her degree in education and this is her first year teaching. Ms. Ratburn dedicates around 2-3 hours per day to talk to parents, and each conversation takes about 20 min. She would like parents to be more involved at home (for example helping their kid with homework), and less involved in the school disciplinary process.She wished she could tell if parents are involved in their child education, and if they are aware of notes and information that was sent to them via their kid. She would like to reduce the amount of time she spends on in person conversation every day and move those to a digital medium (e.g. email).
One example of bad communication was a parent who called her late at night to her private cell phone to ask for explanations on the homework that is due tomorrow. Ms. Ratburn thinks that some parents do not understand proper boundaries between work and personal life.
Teacher 3
Ms. Morgan is a music teacher at a public middle school. Over the past years, she has found that parent involvement is generally important and helpful in their children’s education. However, it was sometimes difficult to reach the parents. For example, some parents didn’t pick up their phones or their voice mailboxes were full, and some did not have e-mails. Nevertheless, Ms. Morgan had a lot of information to convey to parents, such as concert location, times, and dress codes. In addition, she would like to communicate with the parents of the children who are struggling as well as offer compliments if the students did well.
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