Title: Why It's Important to Partner With Your Child's Teacher | Understood - For learning and thinking differences
Headings: Why and how to partner with your child’s teacher
Why and how to partner with your child’s teacher
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Content: Providing the best learning experience for your child. Working with the teacher can give you an even better understanding of your child. It also gives you the chance to share concerns about what’s happening at home that the teacher may or may not be seeing in school. For example, the teacher might tell you your child gets frustrated about assignments and says things like “Why do we have to learn this?” Maybe you see the same frustrated reaction when it comes to homework. By keeping each other informed, you can come up with consistent ways to respond to frustration at home and at school. Knowing that you’re working together can boost your child’s confidence, too. When you and the teacher have the same expectations and use the same language, it shows your child that everyone’s on the same page. How working with you helps the teacher
Understanding what your child has trouble with (and your child’s strengths and interests) helps the teacher build an approach to learning that works for your child. It also helps the teacher predict what might be hard and figure out what kind of support would help.