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Principals as Cultural Leaders
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Louis, Karen Seashore; Wahlstrom, Kyla – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
Principals have a strong role to play in forming school cultures that encourage change. Changing a school's culture requires shared or distributed leadership and instructional leadership. A multiyear study found that three elements are necessary for a school culture that stimulates teachers to improve their instruction: 1) Teachers and…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, School Culture, Instructional Leadership
The Parent/Teacher Conference: Trauma or Teamwork?
Rabbitt, James A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
The main purposes of parent/teacher conferences are to give information, to get information, and to find solutions to academic or behavioral problems. Fear or frustration caused by excessive demands by one of the parties can undermine the value of the conference. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Creating Comfortable and Productive Partner/Teacher Conferences.
Stevens, Brenda A.; Tollafield, Andrew – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Describes a 10-point parent teacher conference checklist to help create a positive environment and enhance communications. Includes discussion of following topics: invitation techniques, pleasant encounters, pertinent information, positive interaction, preparation activities, good communication, participation and involvement, planning for the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Teacher Conferences
The Telephone: An Unexploited Resource
Kirsch, Michael G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
Since both having the teacher visit the students' homes and having the parents visit the schools for conferences poses problems, the telephone is suggested as a relatively unexploited resource for solving the parent/teacher conference dilemma. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communications, Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Not Half; Not Some.
Glasser, Perry – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Teachers must learn to navigate an increasingly polluted ocean of educational hype. During his second year of teaching English, the author was handed a compass. Discussing her underachieving daughter, a black mother advised this teacher to drop the "relevant" units on gangs and give her daughter everything he knew (about Shakespeare and…
Descriptors: Blacks, High Schools, Literacy Education, Parent Teacher Conferences
Parents in Touch: District Leadership for Parent Involvement.
Warner, Izona – Phi Delta Kappan, 1991
Parents in Touch, the umbrella program for parent involvement in the Indianapolis (Indiana) Public Schools, was established to facilitate the kind of two-way communication that enables parents to become partners in their children's education. The program uses various approaches, including parent/teacher conferences, a dial-a-teacher assistance…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Secondary Education, Outreach Programs, Parent Participation
Colegio Bolivar Enters a New Era in Parent/Teacher Conferences.
Denby, James – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
A primary school in Cali, Colombia, has implemented major changes intended to give students a more active role in their education. Encouraged by new government guidelines, teachers banished letter grades and began to assess students on mastery of curriculum objectives. During parent-teacher conferences, children speak confidently about their…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Journal Writing