Reasons to communicate with parents. The driver's public responsibility. We tend to communicate by using our voices and language. But, we also communicate through facial expressions and gestures. Effective communication happens when people successfully transmit and receive messages to and from each other.
Effective communication is direct and positive.
Effective communication promotes positive relationships with students, parents, teachers, and other school staff, other drivers and supervisors. Communicating effectively also helps promote a positive view of the school as well as school transportation services. Keep in mind that you may encounter a variety of communication styles and methods. Some of the students and parents with whom you will work will not have learned English as their first language and may not be as comfortable communicating in English as they might be in another language. Others may not use oral communication as a primary means and use sign language or communication devices instead.