As part of a class assignment, I want to take some time to answer the following questions about parent involvement in classrooms:
In all of the teacher preparation work I have done so far, the topic of how to work with parents effectively has only come up recently in class. During my PS1 and PS2 experiences, I had the occasional opportunity to work with parents, but I hadn't had much time to really think deeply about what dealing with parents would "look like," how to best go about it, or how truly important it was. In the past, we had simply discussed parents as one of many contextual variables we must consider for every student in the classroom; textbook readings relied on a average, yet nondescript student whose parents were unfailingly attentive and supportive. In other words, there wasn't a model for my own behavior, and there hadn't been any discussion about its true significance. I personally felt that this was quite an oversight, and ended up doing some research on my own (that's a link to my pinterest board), as well as attending a three-hour PD Workshop on the topic.
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Meagan Fullerton-LeeMeagan is an aspiring teacher, voracious reader, tentative motorcyclist, and passionate gardener. In all things she sees education. Here she shares her passions. Archives
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