17. Easy Ways To Nurture Positive Communication With Parents

Rainbow Skies for New Teachers

So often, we only touch base with parents when there is a problem, whether it be academic, social, or behavioural. Today, we chat about how could we make time to communicate with parents about what their children are doing well outside the regular parent-teacher interviews and reports.

We know teacher life is hectically busy and this may seem like just another thing to fit in! So, keeping this in mind, we have put together a few simple ideas for you to communicate with parents to celebrate their children that won’t take hours of your time.

Look at this list like a menu, pick and choose what you feel will work for you and your situation:

• Give positive feedback to your students to share with their parents
• Leave a note in their diary
• Give students a personalised card/note
• Make quick positive phone calls home
• Send a celebratory email to parents with a photo of their child in action
• Affirmations that accompany student work
• Open up your classroom for parents to come and visit.
• Leave random positive messages on your students' homework / in their workbooks

Positive communication is a vital part of developing strong relationships with parents, which ultimately benefits the students in your care.

If you are finding Rainbow Skies for New Teachers helpful, we would love if you could share the pod with a teacher friend or two.

You can access more teacher strategies, classroom inspiration and a wealth of resources by visiting our website www.rainbowskycreations.com.

Rainbows ahead,

Ashleigh and Alisha

Resources mentioned in this episode

Free Positive Calls / Emails home template

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