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Ms. Frizzle is a 54-year-old elementary school teacher. She has been teaching the 1st - 3rd grade for 23 years. Ms. Frizzle thinks that good communication with the kids' parents is a crucial and will affect the students' grade and behavior in school, especially if a kid is having difficulties. On a regular basis she meets parents twice a year during PTA, and unless the circumstances require she would rather not meet with parents in person. She would prefer to inform parents in an indirect way (note, email, etc.) as long as this won’t take too much time. Ms. Frizzle also indicated that non personal communication with parents is an issue. Ms. Frizzle has to communicate a lot of information to parents such as grades, permission slips and so forth, this communication is time consuming and miscommunication leads to a lot of frustration and delays.
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.
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