Title: Keeping Parents Informed | Scholastic
Headings: Keeping Parents Informed
Keeping Parents Informed
Connect with parents through positive communication, and they will reinforce your behavioral and academic goals.

Content: A paper trail is very important for teachers today)
Your first call to a parent should be a positive one. One idea is to make welcoming call just before the new school year begins. Many kindergarten and first grade teachers find that welcoming calls not only help establish good rapport with parents, they ease young students' anxieties about going to school. Call or email those parents who don't respond to a written invitation for group or individual conferences. A call lets them know you're interested, and it could encourage those who are hesitant. Recently, technology has enhanced the telephone's effectiveness as a bridge between home and school. In some schools, each teacher has an answering machine or voice mail. They record a brief daily message about learning activities, homework, and what parents can do to extend or support classroom learning. Then parents can call anytime from anywhere to receive the information. The Written Word (Electronic or Handwritten)
For school-to-home communication, email has vast potential.