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Worrying about the questions you missed asking your child's teacher at the recent Parent-Teacher Meeting (PTM)? Or, wondering what to ask at the next meeting? Here are some questions you could ask.
It's no secret that parental involvement in a child's education leads to better grades and behaviour. And, one of the tenets of effective parental involvement is a good parent-teacher relationship. Your child spends a sizable portion of his early life at school, and the effect his teachers have on him is often long-lasting and can be the foundation for success later in his life.
Building trust between parents and teachers is the cornerstone to having an effective and harmonious parent-teacher relationship. In a study titled, 'Trust and the Family-School Relationship: Examination of Parent-Teacher Differences in Elementary and Secondary Grades,' by Kimberly S Adams and Sandra L Christenson published by the Journal of School Psychology in 2010, having a good parent-teacher relationship, based on trust, resulted in better school performance. The study states - 'Trust between parents and teachers is a vital element in building and maintaining the family-school relationship. Improving home-school communication was identified as a primary way to enhance trust. Also, the perceived quality of family-school interaction was a better predictor of trust than was the frequency of contact or demographic variables. Trust was positively correlated with three indicators of school performance.'
So, parent-teacher meetings must be seen as a platform to communicate and build a trusting relationship between the parent and the teacher, where the primary concern is the well-being and the development of the child. Asking the right questions to your child's teacher is one way of doing so. We give you some questions you should ask at a parent teacher meeting.
Questions you should ask
Questions you should ask
Questions you should ask
Questions you should ask
Questions you should ask
Questions you should ask
If you want to approach a teacher after school hours for a problem your child is facing, make sure to take the teacher's permission to call him, before contacting him directly. If you respect and appreciate a teacher's work and space, he will also be more understanding of your parental problems. A teacher and parent partnership is one of the most valuable relationships you'll develop in your life, so make sure to nurture and respect it.
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