If you want to be an equal partner in your child's education, you must learn to effectively communicate your views and feelings to school personnel. Good Communication with school staff is partly having a positive attitude and viewing yourself as a partner. It also means having confidence in yourself, having the ability to say what you mean and being able to listen to others.
Parents are willing to communicate and deal with school personnel but are unsure how to go about it.
YOU CAN talk with these people and advocate for your child by practicing confident ways of discussing issues with others. Personalities and your personal likes and dislikes have no place in your communications with school personnel. In a perfect world, you could be good friends with all of your child's teachers and other school staff. Passive Behavior Passive Behavior allows other people to treat you, your thoughts and feelings in whatever way they want. You waste time If you are passive and allow other people to ignore your right to be involved with your child's education, you will not feel good about your relationship with your child's school and will probably not achieve any goals for your child.