Sample letters to parents
I always send parents an email on or before the first day of school so they know how to contact me and what to expect. As a new teacher you might be wondering what...
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How to communicate with a group home
Regardless of where you teach, or how affluent the area, you are very likely to encounter students who live in group homes. Students end up in group homes for various reasons. The most common...
Keeping track of parent contact
Keeping track of parent contact is incredibly important, especially for a new teacher. Some schools will even ask for parent contact lists at the end of the school year. Granted, most administrators won’t even...
Handling absentee parents
In many ways, an under involved or absentee parent is more difficult to handle than a helicopter or snowplow parent. These are the parents who don’t come to open house, they don’t have a...
Handling “helicopter” and “snowplow” parents
If you’re teaching in an affluent community, and especially if you’re teaching honors level students, you are bound to encounter helicopter parents. If you’re unfamiliar with the term helicopter parent, it means that the...