Importance of Teacher-Parent Communication
Impact of Teacher-Parent Communication
- Open communication between teachers and parents is essential to create successful learning environments for children
- Parents who communicate more often with teachers:
- Are actively engaged and aware of the teachings within the classroom
- Can reinforce educational messages in the home environment
Tips to Improve Communication with Parents
Prior to discussing nutrition concepts with parents, it is important to establish a foundation of open communication!
- Open communication is when people feel comfortable in sharing their thoughts and ideas with one another in an honest, consistent, and dependable way.
- Establish a good rapport
- Ensure that your students' parents are aware of your availability to be contacted - optimal time to receive calls/messages
- Provide opportunity for parents to express their own thoughts/concerns
- Provide parents with multiple routes to communicate with you (ex. face-to-face, phone, email, etc.)
- Respond to parents' messages in a timely manner
- Communicate with parents often - not only to provide information or contacting them when a problem arises
- Did you know? Having open lines of communication with parents will make them feel heard and respected; and will encourage parents to be more receptive and willing to take the time to engage in discussions with you.
Communication is necessary to strengthen parents' understanding of nutrition concepts taught in the classroom to help encourage healthy behaviors in their children!
Teacher-Parent Nutrition Communication...
