"I became a teacher because I just love communicating with the parents of my students"…said no one ever.Communicating with parents is rarely considered a primary function of teachers. Creating le...

Some days you can't even find time for lunch—how are you supposed to find time to communicate with parents? #sorrynotsorry, though…it's a must. Especially since establishing positive school-hom...

That's a lot of hyphens—not to mention a lot of personalities in one room. Probably with different ideas about how the meeting should go…and even more goals for the outcome.Sounds kind of inten...

Done right, a parent-teacher conference gives a parent or guardian a word or two about how their student is doing in class, flags any possible issues, and ends in under twenty minutes so everyone c...

"Let me know if there's anything I can do to help." Music to a teacher's ears. And seriously, when you hear these words from a parent, you need to be ready. All too often we eschew the help of othe...