Prizing Parent Relationships Key for Teachers
A current first-person feature on Teacher Magazine's website contends that maintaining good relationships with parents is essential to successful teaching.
Writes Danielle Mbadu of Kaplan Higher Education:
"I firmly believe that the types of relationships and encounters that are in place between teachers and parents can have a profound effect on student learning and growth. In my experiences, the parents that I am in contact with the most frequently, whether through e-mail, open houses, or face-to-face communication, have the children who do the best in my class. One reason for this is that those students know that their mom or dad and I are in touch with each other. In those instances when parents and teachers are working together, the students know there is support. That means a lot to students, even if they do not freely admit it."
Makes sense to me!