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Parent Communication

Back-to-School 2023-2024

Parent Communication Back-to-School 2023-2024
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Clear Communication Builds Trust

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The more teachers communicate home about school → The better parents are able to support their child's learning → The more parents trust their child's teacher!


This 2-part template offers guidance on best practices:

  1. Part 1: tips and guidance for communicating with parents effectively
  2. Part 2: a sample template for teachers to send home weekly.

Part 1: Strategies for Effective Parent Communication Part 1: Strategies for Effective Parent Communication

9 Tips for Successful Parent-Teacher Communication

9 Tips for Successful Parent-Teacher Communication

You know communication between teachers and parents is vital, but how do you actually make time for regular interactions to build those critical relationships? Here are nine tips to help you establish successful lines of communication.

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Tips for communicating with a challenging parent
This is a great article on managing difficult parents because it offers simple and clear scripts to use with the most common challenges difficult parents present. Hang in there and keep it positive!
The Power of the Positive Phone Call Home

The Power of the Positive Phone Call Home

Calling students’ parents or guardians with good news encourages more good behavior and creates strong teacher-student bonds.

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Communicating with Multilingual Families
A newsletter devoted to all things working with ML/EL families.

👇🏽 A quick hack to prevent agonizing over communications 👇🏽 A quick hack to prevent agonizing over communications

Why all K-12 educators and administrators should use ChatGPT - SmartBrief

Why all K-12 educators and administrators should use ChatGPT - SmartBrief

I used to think the internet was the worst thing to happen to schools. Cyberbullying. Fake primary sources. Misinformation. The death of the card catalog. Texting under the desk. I failed to see how it added anything positive for teachers and school leaders, not to mention students.

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Part 2: A Sample Template for Weekly Parent Update Part 2: A Sample Template for Weekly Parent Update

Mrs. Rivera's 2nd Grade News of the Week Mrs. Rivera's 2nd Grade News of the Week

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READ THIS UPDATE TO LEARN:

📆 Our schedule for the week

📝 Assignments that are due

🎺 Important announcements
🎤 How to reach me (at the bottom of the newsletter)

What's Happening in our Classroom What's Happening in our Classroom

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Center Students

By including photos of students at work and play.
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Center Learning

By including images related to your unit of study (you can find great free pics here.)
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Center School

By including images of your classroom & school building.

Schedule for Monday 9/12 - Friday 9/16 Schedule for Monday 9/12 - Friday 9/16

Homework and Assignments Homework and Assignments

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State homework policy: ex. Students will have homework in ELA and math each night, for 20 minutes each.


List assignments and due dates:

  • ELA: Read BOOK TITLE for 20 minutes each night and complete book log (link to the book log)
  • MATH: state page numbers for each day or link to assignments or otherwise explain where parents can find the assignment
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Esperanza, Rising Assignment.pdf
Link PDFs of both daily assignments and unit projects to your newsletter so that parents know what students are supposed to read/complete.
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Ask Your Child About... Ask Your Child About...

❓Use this space to write 3 or 4 interesting questions to help parents talk to their child about what they're learning at school.

Parent Resource of the Week Parent Resource of the Week

Resource of the Week
Having trouble getting your child to read? This blog post offers helpful, easy suggestions. Remember, literacy is important in ANY language. Read to your child in whatever language is most comfortable for you.
Schedule a Call with Ms. Rivera
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Ms. Rivera's Class

Share the school or class mission statement here!

Email: msrivera@yourschool.com
Website: www.yourschool.com
Location: School Address
Phone: (206) 555-1212
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Twitter: @yourschool

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