Parent-Teacher Conferences

I believe that it is important for teachers to communicate with all parents, regardless of their socioeconomic statues. Teachers should always start the communications by mentioning positive things about the student. If the teachers focus on the negatives, the parents will feel that their children are failures. At the same time, teachers should communicate in a way that the parents do not feel as inferior beings. As mentioned in the reading, all parents hold big expectations for the role that schools will play in the life chances of their children. One action that I have put in place when communicating to these groups is to go directly to the communities. I am aware that in many occasions, the parents cannot attend the parent-teacher …show more content…
I consider that the presentation of the strengths the students are displaying in class as the main component of the parent-teacher conferences. Yes, there should be a mention of any issues that the students may have, but that mention should not take the majority of the time. I think that parent-teacher conferences should present positives, challenges, and more positives, so the parents feel that the result of such meeting was a positive one. On the other hand, the problem have seen as an interpreter working in diverse schools during the parent teacher conferences is that many teachers will spent the whole conference time focusing on the issues the students may have, and will mention barely, if any, the students’ …show more content…
By visiting the communities, the teachers will have a sense of the realities that shape the students’ lives. At the same time, the teachers will have done the first step in promoting communication between them and the parents. Once the parents perceive that the teachers care for them and their children, the parents may feel better about visiting the schools and being part of the communication. In my community asset map, I mentioned places in the community where such initial communication could take place, since they are in the middle of the community and are in favor of creating such connections between schools and community