Day 6

Once again we went to the elemntary school yesterday. It has honestly gotten better each time I go. I got to work one on one with a few of the students and actually talk to them. It was a blast. Also while we were there I asked the teacher a few questions about their communication with parents. I first asked how often she communicates with her students parents. What she does is send home a folder every day and in the folder there is a behavior chart with major things happening that week and there is a place for the students grade and any comments on what the child needs to do or how they have been acting. She said she also makes phone calls if needed. Which led to my second question: In what situation would you direclty call a parent? She would call a parent if a child got hurt at school that day or if they were hit by another student or their child is the one who hit another student. Anything that the parent would be able to see on their child she would call to let them know. In the case of a parent yelling at her, she said she would have to stay calm. She would just take what their saying and act proffessional. She understands that that student is their little baby and very precious to them. If a student was misbehaving in class she would get in contact with their parent. She would tell the parent what's going on in class, what she has tried to fix it, and then ask if anything is going on at home. Many times a problem at home causes a child to act out. That is how the teacher handles her parent communication.