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Texas Child Care, 1994
Discusses the role of clear, honest communication in building effective school-parent partnerships. Offers several suggestions to help establish communication between school or child care facility staff and the families served, including newsletters, parent communication centers, parent libraries, home visits, letters and postcards, telephone…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Millar, Thomas P. – Elem Sch J, 1969
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Mental Health
Download full textSwick, Kevin J.; Duff, R. Eleanor – 1979
This teacher's handbook suggests that, as social, economic and political changes in the United States have altered family structure and parenting skills have become more complex and demanding, parent support programs and services must be made available. It is suggested that parenting should become a more cooperative process involving everyone in…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Parent Influence, Parent Participation, Parent Responsibility
Ravey, Phyllis; And Others – 1969
This report describes a pilot study in the use of video tape as a recording and reporting device for a child's responses in a learning situation. It was believed that video tape could be used as an improved means of home-school communication. Nineteen 5-year-old subjects in groups of six were videotaped for 12-minute segments in actual classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Parent Participation
Bell, Gregory E. – 1988
This paper provides suggestions to alleviate the tension, fear, and frustration which may accompany parent-teacher conferences, in order to make them more effective. Tips for parents and tips for teachers are both presented in a checklist format. The tips focus on three typical areas of concern--planning, implementation, and evaluating the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Parent Materials
PDF pending restorationScanlon, Cherly A.; And Others – 1981
Questionnaires on individualized education programs (IEPs) were completed by 168 parents of handicapped children (10 to 17 years old). Analysis of the ten participant categories (i.e., mother, teacher, psychologist) found that two participant categories, the child's mother and the special education teacher, attended at least one IEP conference 75%…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Parent Participation
Academic Therapy, 1987
Suggestions for special education teachers preparing for parent-teacher conferences include: preparing a folder showing students' tests, assignments, and progress; and encouraging a two-way dialogue by providing a supportive environment. Suggestions for parents include being responsive and receptive to teachers' suggestions and asking for…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disabilities, Guidelines, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedBjorklund, Gail; Burger, Christine – Young Children, 1987
Offers guidelines and a model strategy to help teachers of young children conduct more productive parent teacher conferences. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Early Childhood Education, Educational Strategies, Guidelines
Peer reviewedWiener, Roberta B.; Cohen, Judy – Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 2002
Examines the importance of reporting portfolio contents through effective conferences or conferencing. Provides several strategies and factors that come into play, including the four "C's" of conferencing: (1) collecting; (2) collaborating; (3) consulting; and (4) communicating. Addresses conference objectives, generic conference…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Parent Role, Parent Teacher Conferences
Peer reviewedPeck, Richard – Voice of Youth Advocates, 1999
An author of 26 books for young adults writes about different forms of censorship including rewriting history textbooks and parents who censor themselves by not staying in touch with their children. Citing Cormier's "The Chocolate War" and Golding's "Lord of the Flies" and making reference to the Colulmbine school murders, he illustrates the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Censorship, History
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
Noting that involved parents can improve their children's chances of succeeding in school, this packet of cards offers 100 tips created to help parents become more involved in their child's education. Following a card of general tips on becoming involved, tips are offered in the following topic areas: helping a child stay alcohol, tobacco, and…
Descriptors: Computers, Homework, Parent Participation, Parent Rights
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
Noting that involved parents can improve their children's chances of succeeding in school, this packet of Spanish-language cards offers 100 tips created to help parents become more involved in their child's education. Following a card of general tips on becoming involved, tips are offered in the following topic areas: keeping a child alcohol,…
Descriptors: Computers, Homework, Parent Participation, Parent Rights
Peer reviewedMaclure, Maggie; Walker, Barbara M. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2000
Reports on a study of "parent evenings," or parent-teacher consultations, examining the structure using audio-recordings. Identifies similarities with doctor-patient consultations. Argues that teachers do not maintain control of the conferences and that issues of power, identity, competence, and moral conflict are at stake. (CMK)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Bagin, Carolyn Boccella – 1989
This digest highlights one tool that teachers use--standardized tests--from the parent's viewpoint. The discussion covers basic features of testing and suggests questions that a parent might ask his or her child's teacher concerning such tests. Standardized tests are usually objective tests sold by commercial publishers and designed to provide a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Role
Peer reviewedDemos, Elene S. – Reading Horizons, 1986
Offers suggestions to help teachers plan for more effective conferences with parents. (FL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship
