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PARTNERS IN LEARNING:
COMMUNICATING IDEAS
TO CHECK OUT
 Designate set times
for teachers to be available to take parents' phone calls.
Videotape a classroom,
field trip, lesson, children's performance, or program. Let students
check out the tape to share with their families.
Use a student assignment
book for regular home-classroom communications. Include space
not only for homework tasks and reminders for items to take home
or bring back to school, upcoming tests or long-term projects,
but also for parents and teachers to exchange notes, comments
and questions. (A sample page is included with this publication.)
Put together information
packets for volunteers. Include a map of the school with emergency
exits, parking information, a welcome letter, where to go for
help and supplies, equipment operating instructions, and teacher
names and room numbers. Plan a packet for new families, too.
From Partners in Learning
[Vol 3:1, 1999] a newsletter of the Indiana Center for Family,
School & Community Partnerships, written by The Family Connection
of St. Joseph County, Inc.
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