Guideline for parents & teachers of small children on the duties & responsibilities of a teacher.

1. What Parents should Expect from
Teachers?

2. What Parents should Expect from Teachers?
1. Ensure their child’s safety while in your class
2. Be fair in your treatment of their child
3. Recognize their child’s unique gifts and talents
4. Be reasonable in the amount of homework that you assign
5. Follow school and district rules and policies

3. What Parents should Expect from
Teachers?
6. Focus on positive qualities more than negative ones
7. Contact them quickly if a problem arises
8. Be courteous when you speak to their child
9. Maintain an orderly classroom
10. Be alert to the misbehavior of other students and how it may affect their child

4. What Parents should Expect from Teachers?
11. Look and act like a confident, skilled, professional educator
12. Keep them apprised of scheduled events such as field trips
and due dates for projects and tests
13. Know when to involve other education professionals such
as a social worker or counselor
14. Work closely with them for the benefit of the child
15. Be able to meet with them before or after school

5. 16. Return phone calls and emails promptly
17. Be aware of any health issues that their child may
have and act accordingly
18. Protect their family’s privacy
19. Make it easy for them to stay in touch with you
20. Stay within the boundaries of your role as teacher

6. 21. Be honest with them.
22. Respect the confidentiality of their
child’s school records.
23. Be willing to listen to their concerns.
24. Respect their insights about their
child’s needs.
25. Talk to them before going to an
administrator for help.

7. When to worry
According to the developmental milestones,
parents should seek advice from a professional
if their three- to five-year-old child:
 is not understood by others
 has speech fluency problems or stammering
 is not playing with other children
 is not able to have a conversation
 is not able to go to the toilet or wash
him/herself.
When
To
Worry?