Icebreakers

At the beginning of chapter seven of Parents as Partners in Education by Eugenia Hepworth Berger and Mari Riojas-Cortez, Mari Riojas-Cortez discusses the importances of partnerships within the school. Schools need partnerships in order to give ample opportunities for growth in the children’s knowledge and general development. Not only is it important for administrators to be good leaders of the school but it is important for them to mentor their teachers in order to be certain they are gaining their own leadership agenda which includes building a partnership or a relationship with parents. To build an adequate partnership or relationship with parents, teachers have to have a positive interaction with them. This could be inviting parents to …show more content…
Depending on the age of the group and agenda at hand, determines the type of icebreakers that are being used among the group. Our textbook Parents as Partners in Education gives great examples in which could be beneficial when having a meeting or an event that is involving students parents. The first icebreaker which I find to be effective with older aged students or people, particularly parents uses signature sheets. The basic concept of this icebreaker is that parents get around and mingle between parents. Each parent is given a sheet with a question on it and they have to find a person who fits the question and have them sign their sheet. However Riojas-Cortez, the author of chapter seven explains how it is necessary to encourage all parents to participate but we must also remember that some parents may be refuse to participate because they do not know how to write, speak, spell which is necessary for this icebreaker. In this case it is important to offer alternatives so that all parents are being able to participate. Riojas-Cortez suggests having parents’ partner up to decrease the possibility of running into this …show more content…
The bingo card is an effective game for parents to learn names of people attending the meeting. In order to cause no conflicts, it is important as the teacher to remember to have bingo cards that are in second language learners first language and possibly include both languages on the card. All Bingo cards have a letter in the middle of the squares, in order to fill your card you must find a person who's name starts with the letter you are trying to fill and have them sign it. This icebreaker is a great way to learn new names of parents they might have not known prior to the