Hi parents, I hope you're all doing well. I'm sure many of you recognize Verizon's widely successful ad campaign with their slogan, "Can you hear me now?" Cellular devices are technological wonders because they allow us to communicate while having the freedom to move around. Communication is equally important between teachers and parents. This blog was created to facilitate that purpose. When teachers identify the changes they believe are needed to improve student success, parent support and interest is mentioned more often than any other factor (Langdon & Vesper, 2000).
Phone tag is often the culprit when examining lack of communication. Disengagement of the parents is another. Frustration and anger will often occur when teachers are finally able to reach the parents. The end result is this type of erosion in communication will have a damaging effect on the student; and is counter productive to the learning process. A timely response will allow us both to address behavioral or learning issues in a positive manner. School violence has been on the news and in everyone's thoughts. Interestingly, a poll was conducted to ask what could possibly reduce school violence. The overwhelming answer was an increase in parental involvement (Gallup, 2001).
Parent Alert Signal System (PASS) was recently field tested as a way of reporting behavioral issues directly to the parents. Using a set of pre-identified behaviors, teachers could enter a code (from a list of 50) directly into a pager carried by the parent. The code was sent directly by the phone in the teacher's classroom. To confirm its receipt, the parents would enter their student's ID number. Timely reinforcement at home could be achieved.
It is my personal hope that we would all work together to the benefit of our students. As you know, you can always reach me here at the blog, via phone and email. Let's remember the slogan, "It takes a village to raise a child!"
References
Langdon, C., & Vesper, N. (2000). Teachers' attitudes toward the public schools. Phi Delta Kappan, 81 (8), 607-611.
National Center for Education Statistics (2001). Statistics on school safety. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
Strom, P. S., & Strom, R. D. (2003). Teacher-parent communication reforms. The High School Journal, 86(2), 14-21. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/220217687?accountid=12085
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