The school-home connection
Subtitle: forging positive relationships with parents
By: Rosemary A. Olender, Jacquelyn Elias, Rosemary D. Mastroleo.
Contributors: Elias, Jacquelyn.; Mastroleo, Rosemary D.
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9781412968645
Subjects: Parent-teacher relationships; Teacher-student relationships; Education -- Parent participation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Committing to the relationship; title: Benefits to the student; title: Benefits to the teacher; title: Benefits to the parent; title: Benefits to the class as a whole; title: Benefits to the school as a whole; title: Benefits to the school district; title: Recognizing different personalities; title: Determining ?personality?; title: Effects of personalities on your relationships; title: Implications; title: Dealing with ?difficult? parents; title: Summary; title: Identifying potential ?red flags?; title: Recognizing ?red flags?; title: The likelihood rating scale; title: Parent/family conditions; title: Teacher conditions; title: Administrator conditions; title: Summary; title: Honing solid communication skills; title: Verbal communication obstacles; title: Non verbal communication obstacles; title: Summary; title: Adopting key rules; title: Rule 1: be respectful; title: Rule 2: be proactive; title: Rule 3: no surprises; title: Rule 4: the ?24 hour? rule; title: Rule 5: no dump trucks allowed; title: Rule 6: document; title: Rule 7: be prepared; title: Rule 8: the ?i don?t know? rule; title: Rule 9: never say ?never?; title: Rule 10: never lie; title: Using flexibility as a tool to enhance the relationship; title: Common family issues that might need to be accommodated; title: Students who are failing; title: Students who have disabilities; title: Families of divorce or separation; title: Illness or death of a close family member; title: Non english speaking and/or low literacy level families; title: Counterproductive family dynamics; title: Summary; title: Documenting and celebrating school events; title: What do we need to document?; title: Quick, easy, and routine daily documentation methods; title: Weekly or monthly newsletters; title: Specialized daily contacts; title: Conferences; title: Videotapes/cds; title: Back to school night/open houses; title: Summary; title: Connecting home and school; title: Levels of parent participation; title: Level one: general support of parents in school activities; title: Level two: parent involvement in daily school events; title: Level three: parent involvement in decision making processes; title: Summary; title: Cultivating resources; title: Where do you start?; title: Compiling a list of resources the family may need; title: What should your ?resource list? look like?; title: Step further; title: Summary; title: Summarizing global lessons learned; title: Lesson one: keep the student front and center; title: Lesson two: be the best communicator you can be; title: Lesson three: become ?user friendly?; title: Lesson four: be proactive; title: Lesson five: view parents and families as opportunities to bring; title: Diversity, interests and talents into the classroom/school.