Chapter 8pp
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Transcript of Chapter 8pp
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What do you understand to be effective methods for communicating with all families?
How does a teacher reach all families with informal communication?
What are key points to consider when designing communication methods?
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Communication techniques are one-way and two-way
Need for variety of communication techniques
Teachers must take initiative
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Daily conversations are preferable when possible◦ Teacher strategies to initiate
Telephone calls◦ For keeping in touch with good news
Personal notes◦ Preprinted “happygrams” are less personal
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Bulletin boards◦ Visible, frequently changed, take-away articles
Electronic communication◦ Email, blog, web site◦ Mindful of privacy issues and family access
Daily news flash◦ Keep parents informed for “car talk”
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Newsletters◦ Give parents information and chances to reinforce
learning at home Traveling backpacks, libraries, and literacy
activities◦ Enhance parent-child communication and literacy
Classroom displays Suggestion boxes
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Which communication techniques could be effective for:◦ A class of 4th graders who ride the bus, and half
the families are English Language Learners?◦ A group of infants?◦ A class of preschoolers with disabilities?
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Teachers must take the initiative in establishing a variety of communication methods, to reach all parents.
Teachers must consider factors such as parent time and access, two-way communication, professional appearance.
It is important to persist in communication, and to evaluate its effectiveness.
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