Teaching Tip Tuesday: Keep Your Parents Informed

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Keep Your Parents Informed

It is important to keep your parents informed. Addressing situations before they become issues is the key. Also, according to Edutopia, a study completed in 2015, showed that messages to parents led to "higher-quality conversations at home and reduced the course dropout rate from 16% to 9%" (Edutopia 2015). It is vital we communicate with our parents.

What are some ways that we can communicate with parents? (try more than one way)
*Class Dojo
*Remind
*Twitter
*Facebook
*Blog Post
*Online Newsletter (Google Doc)
*Website (Google Site)
*Smore Newsletter
*Gradebook
*Google Classroom (Guardian Option)
*Parent Corner in Google Classroom
*Google Hangout (phone call or video call)
*Home Visits
*Snail Mail
*Email
*Phone
*Text

Resources:
      Kraft, M. A., & Rogers, T. (2015). The underutilized potential of teacher-to-parent communication: Evidence from a field experiment. Economics of Education Review, 47, 49-63.
Parent-Teacher Communication Leads to Academic Gains. (2015). Retrieved August 25, 2017, from https://www.edutopia.org/resource/parent-teacher-communication-research

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