Title: Helpful Hints for Communicating With Parents | Scholastic
Headings: Helpful Hints for Communicating With Parents
Helpful Hints for Communicating With Parents
Communicate effectively with parents via telephone, email, handwritten notes, and a classroom website.
Phone Home
Newsletters
Open Letter to Parents
Personal Notes
Your Classroom Website

Content: Tutored a younger child? Led a group? Let parents in on the good news. Two words of advice: Keep track of the good-news notes you send out so every student occasionally receives one (some teachers routinely write several a week) and never distribute the notes en masse. They are not special if everyone gets one. Unfortunately, not all your personal notes will be good news. Perhaps you've noticed that a child seems sick or constantly tired. Another is having difficulty in math and risks a failing grade. You need to tell parents.