A positive parent-teacher relationship contributes to your child's school success! “It demonstrates to your child that he can trust his teacher, because you do. This positive relationship makes a child feel like the important people in his life are working together.” And communication is the KEY factor to this relationship.
Here is a list of sample questions from Learning Heros to ask the teacher so that you know how to help your child at home!
Other things to remember:
- Respect on each side! Work on a collaborative strategy to address challenges, not an adversarial one.
- Let your student work on their own relationship with their teacher. Take the backseat and let your student take the lead in creating this important relationship!
- Allowing your teacher a glimpse into your student's personality, yes; bragging, avoid it! You don't need to sell your student and bragging will backfire. trust your teacher will see very quickly that your child is a star in their own way