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Parent-Teacher Conferences [microform] : Building a Team. Project Enlightenment / Kay Burgess and Lynne Johnston
Bib ID 5490067
Format BookBook, MicroformMicroform, OnlineOnline
Author
Burgess, Kay
 
Online Versions
Description [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987 
21 p. 
Summary

This pamphlet is designed to help teachers of young children (in preschools, day care centers, or kindergartens) improve their working relationship with parents through productive parent-teacher conferences. Several steps to be taken early in the school year or even before school begins include establishing and maintaining communication, clarifying expectations, making parents feel welcome, making home visits, and promoting parent involvement. Suggestions for conference preparation cover an optimal yearly schedule of conferences, distributing handouts on the purposes and expectations of conferences, organizing points to cover, preparing specific information about each child, and creating a positive environment for the discussion. The conference itself is described in four phases: (1) beginning the conference; (2) sharing information; (3) ending the conference; and (4) after the conference. Specific points to be covered within each phase are outlined and examples are given of what the teacher should and should not say. Two final sections address how to deal with special concerns in a conference and how and when to make a referral to another professional. Such issues as recognition and acceptance of a problem by parents, negative parental reactions, handling the parent's personal or family problems, and providing specific information about other sources of assistance are covered. (VW)

Notes

Availability: Project Enlightenment, 501 S. Boylan Ave., Raleigh, NC 27603 ($2.00).

ERIC Note: For related documents, see EC 202 488-497.

Teachers.

Practitioners.

Reproduction Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive. 
Subjects Early Childhood Education.  |  Family Problems.  |  Home Visits.  |  Interpersonal Communication.  |  Parent Participation.  |  Parent Teacher Conferences.  |  Parent Teacher Cooperation.  |  Referral.  |  Student Evaluation.
Form/genre Guides, Non-Classroom.
Other authors/contributors Johnston, Lynne, author  |  Wake County Public School System, Raleigh, NC
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