School Inset slide deck

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Empowering Partnership:
Effective Parent-Teacher
Communication Strategies
January 24, 2024 | Biri National High School L&D Hall, Biri, Northern Samar
KRISTIAN D. DE GUIA
TEACHER III

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Terminal Objective:
• communicate promptly and clearly the learners’
needs, progress and achievements to key
stakeholders, including parents/guardians.

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Enabling Objectives:
• Acquire an understanding of various parent-teacher
communication strategies, including digital platforms,
regular updates, and proactive engagement
• Develop the ability to implement effective
communication methods, such as organizing regular
parent-teacher meetings, utilizing technology for
timely updates, and adapting communication styles
based on individual parent needs

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Enabling Objectives:
• Cultivate a positive attitude towards parent-teacher
collaboration, valuing the importance of open and
constructive communication for the overall well-being
and academic success of students

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Guess the Word
(5 minutes)

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Guess the Word:
COMMUNICATION

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Guess the Word:
TEACHER

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Guess the Word:
STRATEGIES

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Guess the Word:
PARENT

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Guess the Word:
EFFECTIVE

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Communication
Puzzle
(5 minutes)

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Communication Puzzle:
• I will distribute a card or puzzle piece to each group
with different communication scenarios or
challenges.
• Discuss with your group how would you approach
or solve that communication challenge.
• Discuss in your group the importance of effective
communication in each scenario.

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• Reflect on how these scenarios relate to real-life
teacher-parent interactions.
Communication Puzzle:

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Let’s Evaluate!
(5 minutes)

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Let’s Evaluate:
• What communication scenarios did you explore
during the "Communication Puzzle" activity?
• In the group-sharing part of the activity, what
strategies did your group discuss for addressing
the communication challenges presented on
your cards?
• What communication channels did you find
most effective in the scenarios, and why?

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Let’s Evaluate:
• How did the activity help in identifying potential
barriers to effective communication between
teachers and parents?

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Deliberation
(30 minutes)

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Why Communication is
Important?:
• Cultivating parent-teacher relationship is vital to
the development of school as a learning
community. (Schussler, 2003)
• Communicating with parents is critical for
establishing parent-teacher relationship.
(Epstein, 1995)

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Why Communication is
Important?:
• Parent-teacher communication is fundamental
to involve families in education process.

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Top 5 reasons why parent-teacher
communication is beneficial:
1. Increase trust between schools and families
2. Encourage higher and realistic parental
expectations
3. Serves as the first step to other types of parent
involvement to follow

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Top 5 reasons why parent-teacher
communication is beneficial:
4. Leads to a higher degree of parents’
commitment to helping their students improve
5. Puts everyone on the “same page”

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What is PTC (Parent-Teacher Conference)?:
• Communication may involve impressions created
or word expressed
• Parents will be positively influenced by:
 Welcome sign
 Cleanliness of the school
 Students’ artwork on the wall
 Sounds in the classrooms
(Chambers, 1998)

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What is PTC (Parent-Teacher Conference)?:
• Expressed communication involves one-way or
two-way exchange

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Using Technology:
• Integrating technology can help schools
communicate quickly to a broad parent
community
 Classroom phones & voice mail
 Video technology
 Radio announcement
 School website

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Utilizing Documentation and
Communication Tools

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Parent-teacher communication centers
around five different topic areas:
1. Academic performance,
2. Classroom behavior,
3. Child’s academic and social preparation for
school,
4. Hostile communication between peers, and
5. Health-related issues.
(Mazer and Thompson)

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Barriers to Communication:
• Societal Level

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Barriers to Communication:
• Societal Level

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Barriers to Communication:
• Parental Level

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Barriers to Communication:
• Parental Level

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Barriers to Communication:
• School Level

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Communication is a process:
 Identifying the goal and reason for the
communication
 Considering one’s audience
 Choosing a communication approach that
opens rather than blocks a two-way
conversation

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Goal:
 Ask yourself:
 What message do I want to convey?
 What do I want to have happen as a result of
this communication?

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Audience:
 Ask yourself:
 Who am I talking with?
 What is our degree of familiarity?
 What style of communication am I comfortable
with?
 How might it be different or the same than the
family I am communicating with?

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Approach:
 Instructing
 Following-up
 Asking for help
 Revealing
 Informally exchanging
 Active Listening

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Effective communication strategies
involve:
 Initiation:
 Teachers should initiate contact as soon as they
know which students will be their classroom for
the school year. Contact can occur by means of
an introductory phone call or a letter to the
home introducing yourself to the parents and
establishing expectations.

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Effective communication strategies
involve:
 Timeliness:
 Adults should make contact soon after a
problem has been identified, so a timely
solution can be found. Waiting too long can
create new problems, possibly through the
frustration of those involved.

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Effective communication strategies
involve:
 Follow-through:
 Parents and teachers each want to see that the
other will actually do what they say they will do.

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Effective communication strategies
involve:
 Clarity and usefulness of communication:
 Parents and teachers should have the
information they need to help students, in a
form and language that makes sense to them.

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Effective communication strategies
involve:
 Consistency and frequency:
 Parents want frequent, ongoing feedback about
how their children are performing with
homeworks.

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Role Playing
(15 minutes)

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Role Playing:
• Prepare a short skit of the scenario assigned to
your group focusing on Parent-Teacher
communication.
• You are allotted 5 minutes to prepare for the
simulation, and 3 minutes each group for the
presentation.

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Role Playing:
Scenario 1:
You are a teacher conducting a parent-teacher
conference with the parents of Sarah, a student
who has shown significant improvement in her
academic performance. The goal is to share
positive feedback, celebrate Sarah's achievements,
and collaboratively set goals for continued success.

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Role Playing:
Scenario 2:
You are a teacher holding a parent-teacher
conference with the parents of Jake, a student who
has been exhibiting behavioral concerns in the
classroom. The goal is to address these concerns
tactfully, explore potential reasons, and
collaboratively devise strategies for improvement.

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Role Playing:
Scenario 3:
You're a parent, and your child is struggling with a
specific subject. Role-play discussing the issue
with the teacher, seeking guidance on how to
support your child's learning at home, and
collaborating on an improvement plan.

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Role Playing:
Scenario 4:
Imagine you're a parent who feels their child is not
receiving enough attention or support in class.
Role-play a conversation with the teacher,
expressing your concerns and seeking ways to
enhance your child's learning experience.

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Let’s Process It:
Based on your Role Play, what communication
strategies worked well?

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"Building a bridge of communication between
teachers and parents fosters a supportive
learning environment. Regular updates, open
dialogue, and collaborative problem-solving lay
the foundation for a successful partnership in a
child's education."
–Unknown