Carrie Scott works at French Elementary in Widefield district three. She has been teaching since 1995 she first started at Webster Elementary in fifth grade and then moved to French where she now teaches fourth grade. Mrs. Scott is very good about communicating with parents. She is constant contact with parents who she believes she needs to be in contact with. With her students that don’t need that constant email contact with parents she requires of everyone to get their planner signed every day. Also in addition to that she has a monthly piece of paper that is stapled inside of their Friday folders. When those folders go home once a week the papers are to be signed by parents just so she knows that the parents are seeing all the graded papers they need too. Mrs. Scott hardly ever phones parents unless the parents have been avoiding her emails and not signing their child’s Friday folder and planner. She said she does it this way because she has learned that most parents will respond to a simple email but may get snippy on the phone and not respond as well. Mrs. Scott understands that the parents of her students should be her partners for the school year and she feels that if she constantly “bothers” them for small things when she needs them for big things they won’t want to support her. For each subject, Mrs. Scott most uses one-way communication she emails and for two way communication she uses the Friday folders and the student planners. In Math, she uses primarily one-way communication she uses email when she knows students are struggling. Also though she uses two- way communication because if the students are really struggling she will have the student and the parents come in before or after school to talk about how they can ...
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... they don’t want to feel like they are bothering their parents or bombarding them if questions or requests. I think Mrs. Scott does a great job of making her smost students and it was for their parents also. Therefore, it’s hard to keep that line of communication open about math but, Mrs. Scott does a great job of doing so. I could not ask for a better teacher to learn under, she does a great job in everything she does and parent communication is no different. She utilizes almost everything available to her to communicate with her parents. She is not afraid to ask parents to come in for conferences when she feels like she not getting through to them by other means. I know I have learned a lot from her already but the biggest thing would that I have learned not to ignore parents make sure they are in the loop and keep that line of communication open at all times.
Susie works as an 8th grade science teacher in a title one school in San Antonio. She teaches co-teach classes which means she works with the students who are intellectually below average and need the extra assistance and extra push. With her, she has another certified teacher, Jenny, who aids her in the classroom. My mom, aside from her co-teacher, has a teaching partner that works in the same department as her, and they coordinate lesson plans and teaching principles. Dennis, her teaching partner, is a diligent worker and helps with preparing power points for him and my mom to utilize. My mom however, has struggled with the lack of assistance in her classroom ever since Jenny became her co-teacher in 2013. Jenny is Dennis’ wife. The ethical
With the addition of globalization, the world has become a tech freak in communications via email and phones. Therefore as a paraprofessional, you will require three critically essential tasks as a good communicator. First, it is important to make phone calls to parents whenever the student is have a fantastic day, if you were to simply call just when there seemed to be behavioral problems. The students would practically face less consequences and the frequency of the unwanted behavior doesn’t change. Always communicate with the parents on good and bad days. Second, if a parent doesn’t respond to a phone call, at least leave a voice mail, and if that doesn’t seem to work, then start sending letter home. Multiple means of communication sets a good reputation of who you are. Also those messages are bound to reach the parents at some point. Third, when a parent is upset for some reason, make sure to give the proper space and communicate in manner that is always positive. A mad parent will talk negatively to other parents about you and that will give a bad impression of who you are. The three critical steps are the best style of keeping up with a positive communication with
Even though I am aware that there have been great strides forward, especially within the past decade, in the implementation of safer and more constructive methods, in regards to child interviewing practices, I am appalled at the gross negligence of our justice system, in their failure to protect children from the brutal onslaught of such damaging interrogation. Not only does it fail to safeguard a child’s health and well-fare, but it also proves counterproductive in the gathering of reliable testimony, and so therefore does not ultimately serve the constructs of justice, either.
On October 5, 2017 I interviewed Dr. EIyse Lovell. The interview took place in Dr. Lovell’s office at the Highlands College and lasted about thirty minutes. I asked Elyse a total of eleven questions. There were many details throughout the interview that were shocking to me. For instance, since her father worked in the oil/water drilling industry she spent the majority of her formative, adolescent years overseas. She lived in many places such as Beirut, Puerto Rico, and Holland before returning to the United States when she was sixteen years old. She then lived in the state of Oklahoma and attended public school.
For lack of parent involvement as a teacher I would make sure I can get all the parents to participate in the student’s school life because whether they like it or not their parents or guardians involvement means the most. If I can’t get that to happen I will try to insure my students that they can come to me for help and if they need help with anything they can talk to me. I would show my students I care but it works better with both the teachers and parents working as a team.
Effective communication is the foundation to building a trusting partnership and serves as a first step to other types of parent involvement . Families who receive consistent information about their children 's school performance, have a higher degree of commitment to helping children improve .When families and schools are on the same page, they can have a more concrete discussion around student progress to establish realistic goals and plans to support student achievement . I strive to have frequent contact with all families and use flexible communication strategies through multiple channels including written and printed materials (e.g. personal notes, newsletters), telephone conversation, email exchange, social media (e.g. facebook, twitter) and face-to-face conferences depending on the nature of information and families’ preference. I intend on always making the most of drop-off and pick-up activities by sharing at least one specific information about a child to the family whenever possible. Mobile technology has become a primary way of communication and I plan on enhancing daily communication between home and school through a mobile...
The interview I conducted took place in the courtyard of my complex in Smallville, with the interviewee and myself. For the purpose of his paper and to protect the adolescent privacy lets call her Regina. Regina is a fourteen-year-old adolescent female of Africa American descent. She is above average in height and carries a very shy and nonchalance deposition. She is a very attractive young lady and does above average work in her school setting. She appears to be a normal every day child with a lifetime of experiences awaiting her.
Bringing up the topic of conducting a case study to my cooperating teacher was a surprising experience. I remember asking my teacher to recommend a “difficult” student that would provide an interesting interview. My teacher quickly responded, “Why do your professors always want a difficult student? Sometimes good students provide the most interesting interviews.” I thought about his response and the next day asked him if I could interview Antonio, a student who had intrigued me from the first day I entered Dunn Middle School. Antonio caught my attention because based on his appearance and demeanor in class, one would assume Antonio was a poor student who could not care less about what was being learned in the classroom. However, once a lesson began or a worksheet was distributed, Antonio transformed into a focused and enthralled student. During my lectures I had to avoid calling on him because he knew the answers right away and loved giving correct answers. I wanted to know how a student who was so quiet and indifferent during homeroom could become an ideal student when class began. Antonio might not be considered a “difficult” student, but he is definitely an interesting case and I learned a lot from him during the interview.
For my Education History Interview I decided to interview Mrs. Sandra Clark; a former Home Economics teacher at Georgia Southern University, and a family friend. Mrs. Clark is seventy years old and retired when she was fifty-nine after changing professions and working in education for over thirty years. After she retired she became a social-worker for mental health patients.
(2010). Parent-Teacher Communication. University of Illinois Extension: Helping Children Succeed in School. Retrieved May 20, 2010, from http://urbanext.illinois.edu/succeed/communication.cfm
Telling your child's hobbies, pets, as well as learning difficulties and strengths will provide for a more intimate school year (Spencer, 2001). One of the ways in which parents play a critical role in their children?s social development is by encouraging their interactions with other youth (Updegraff, 2001). If children are able to work in group settings, this will not only help the child get along with other students, but it will also lessen the amount of disruptions in class thereby making it easier for the teacher to teach (Barbour, 1997). Parents need to stress the importance of little things your child can do to smooth the teacher?s day and help himself learn, such as listening when classmates answer questions, writing his name on assignments, and keeping his desk and work area tidy (Spencer, 2001). Parents can help your children avoid interrupting. Teachers love enthusiasm but yelling out too often will cause unneeded disruptions. Explain the good times to speak, such as when the teacher is inviting questions and the not so good times, such as when the teacher is talking to another student or giving directions (Spencer, 2001). Practicing these classroom manners will help with less disruptions and a better teaching and learning environment. Parental involvement promotes emotional growth of a child. The attachment between a child and parent is a long-lasting, emotional, learned response. It is the attachment in a parent and child relationship that forms the basis for a child to trust or not to trust their environment (Gestwicki, 2000). This proper attachment is essential for a child to trust other adults, such as their teachers and also to trust other students and make friends.
I interviewed a family friend who is a teacher in New Canaan. From doing this interview I learned about the importance of various behaviors within a classroom as well as how to handle situations when a student is misbehaving. In terms of lesson planning, I learned that teachers map out each of their lessons in order to be organized and cover all material that is necessary so that the students can progress. During the interview, I will be asking my teacher certain questions pertaining to education. Asking questions is a major key to learning and as I believe all students should have the ability to learn, I also believe all teachers do as well and learning something new will only help in the long run.
I chose to do my teacher interview in my home town at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School. This K-3rd grade building is very new, it was built in 2010. It has 4 pods, one for each grade level and has a large discovery center in each pod. The school is very colorful, with each pod a different color so the children find it easy to go from area to area. I did my interview with Mrs. Doe, a special education teacher. Her room has a lot of materials for learning and is set up to have several work stations for group activities. Mrs. Doe shares her students with other special education teachers and also has a special education classroom aide. My research question is how does a teacher’s perspective on learning reflect theories and concepts in educational psychology? Mrs. Doe is faced with many challenges in her classroom, overcrowding, multi-cultural differences, learning disabilities, several students with low socioeconomic status and English language learners. There are many challenges for Mrs. Doe to deal with, but she has been teaching for 21 years and has a lot of experience. She started out as a regular classroom teacher, but switched to special education and has done so well that when she asked if she could return to the regular classroom setting, the Superintendent begged her to stay in the special education department because of her success.
...rs, e-mail, phone calls, parent meetings, and parent-teacher conferences. As a result, she believes that the school her child attends is doing an effective job of communicating with parents and families because the resources are available to parents and families to use, it is just a matter of them wanting to use what is available to them.
In the reading it brings up how most parents are only contacted by the school when it is something bad. This is not how it should be. Teachers should be sending home good news notes to the parents praising the students for their hard work in the class. Schools also need to be welcoming to the families and provide workshops to assist in the parent’s knowledge to allow them to help their children with their schoolwork. Having the parents involved and aware of the things that are going on in the classroom and the school are great ways to build that relationship and to enhance the student’s academic achievement and