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Inglis, Gillian – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2012
The efficacy of parents' meetings in primary schools in the UK is an area in need of research. This article uses an approach informed by grounded theory to explore the experiences and satisfaction of parents, teachers and pupils regarding bi-annual meetings to discuss pupil progress. A two-phase approach was utilised, with diary-interviews with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Parent Teacher Conferences, Elementary School Teachers
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Markstrom, Ann-Marie; Simonsson, Maria – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
The article investigates the discursive constructions of preschool girls and points to how girls are positioned, assessed and constructed by adults in parent-teacher conferences in Swedish preschools. Using transcripts of audio-taped episodes from parent-teacher conferences, the analysis reveals that gender is an important aspect of the adults'…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Females, Parent Teacher Conferences, Parents
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Symeou, Loizos; Roussounidou, Eleni; Michaelides, Michalis – School Community Journal, 2012
This paper describes a teacher in-service training program on teacher-parent communication in Cyprus and its impact on teacher trainees. Data were gathered through questionnaires completed by teachers prior to their training and after having tried, in real school settings, the communication skills and approaches taught during the course. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Communication Skills, Self Esteem
Principal, 2012
The term "best practice" is commonly used to describe "what works" in a specific situation or environment. When principals face a thorny challenge, they turn to their colleagues in the principalship for ideas about which strategies, activities, and approaches have proved to be effective and efficient in addressing the issue.…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Best Practices, Teacher Evaluation
Harvard Family Research Project, 2010
A growing body of evidence suggests that family engagement matters for student success. Research shows that family engagement improves school readiness, student achievement, and social skills. Furthermore, an increasing number of innovative approaches to education leverage and connect the many settings and times in which children learn and grow to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Parent Teacher Conferences, Academic Achievement, Parents
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Jacobs, Margaret; And Others – School Counselor, 1971
The data gathered indicate that most of the parents questioned as to their perception of a counselor's role agree with what the counselors themselves feel they should be doing, in accordance with standards set up for school counselors. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role, Counselors
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Foster, Suzanne M. – Young Children, 1994
Key ingredients to successful parent meetings include planning with parents and including the children; assessing parents' needs and interests; planning the details of the meeting, such as meeting place, transportation, child care arrangements, and refreshments and activities; and planning the key elements of the meeting, such as presentations and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Meetings, Needs Assessment, Parent Conferences
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Chandler, Louis A. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1979
Parents, especially those responsible for exceptional children, will often attempt to change their belief system dissonance. This dissonance can be changed by altering cognitions, modifying behaviors, or by avoiding dissonance-increasing situations. By being aware of these potential reactions to the parent conference, counselors can better handle…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
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Dotger, Benjamin H.; Harris, Steven; Maher, Michael; Hansel, Amber – Teacher Educator, 2011
This article explores preservice teachers' emotional responses to simulated parent-teacher conferences. The authors examine the transfer of a medical education pedagogy as it is diffused to teacher education, scrutinizing the types of emotional responses teachers exhibited as they engaged with standardized parents in six clinical parent…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Emotional Response, Parent Teacher Conferences, Simulation
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Khalifa, Muhammad – Journal of School Leadership, 2013
The purpose of this research is to describe how an alternative school leader taught at-risk students and their parents to advocate for students' educational interests and how this affected students' academic and social success. In social justice leadership literature, parents and students are described as passive recipients of a strong social…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Role, Administrator Role, Self Advocacy
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Werts, Margaret Gessler; Harris, Shirley; Tillery, Christina Young; Roark, Rebecca – Remedial and Special Education, 2004
This study examined parent perceptions of the paraeducator's role. Observations of paraeducators and students with disabilities were conducted in inclusive classrooms. Some para-educators worked as general classroom assistants, while others worked one-on-one with students with special needs. Each parent of a child with special needs was shown…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, School Personnel, Parents, Parent Conferences
Duncan, L. Wendell – 1969
This study was designed to measure what effect the establishment of a parent-counselor relationship prior to the child's entrance into junior high school would have upon the child's adjustment to school and parent-child communication. Subjects were students and parents from Lealman Junior High School in St. Petersburg, Florida. Parents of the…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Junior High Schools, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Conferences
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Kelly, Francis J. – Young Children, 1981
Discusses how teachers can effectively begin and lead discussion groups for parents of young children. Needs for and characteristics of parent guidance groups are indicated, aspects of the role of the group leader are specified, and ways to begin a parent guidance group are suggested. In conclusion, common concerns of parents are described.…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines, Leadership Qualities
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Paratore, Jeanne R.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1995
Reports on a study of parent-teacher interaction, in which discussions and conferences between parents and teacher centered around literacy artifacts that children produced in school and at home. Suggests that the creation of home portfolios may provide a starting point for teachers and parents to discuss children's developing literacy. (TB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Literacy, Parent Conferences
Powers, Julie – Redleaf Press, 2005
Some teachers are sick of struggling with parents of children in their care? They dread upcoming conferences, and with they knew how to approach a difficult. This book will help turn parent worries into warm, confident relationships. The reader will learn how to: (1) Improve parent-teacher communication; (2) Better understand a parent's…
Descriptors: Parents, Child Development, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Beginning Teachers
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