What Teachers Want Parents to Know

The communication between parents, their children, and the teachers usually lack the understanding of each other. The teacher might say one thing to the student, but the student says it completely different to the parent, getting the parent mad. In other words, it's a game of Telephone.

I would say that a teacher needs for the parent(s) to understand that sometimes the child isnt always right. In fact, they usually aren't right. They most likely don't know the material and what goes on in a classroom. Plus, the parents haven't been in their child's grade in a while. Tons of things have changed and will continue to change in the future. Another thing that I believe would be effective is the parents making the choice to go to the teacher before higher authorities. Most of the time, this will be resolved before a mess is made.

When parents are partners not prosecutors, this helps ease the tension between everyone. In the kindergarten class I learn from, the teacher has several different parents helping out as partners. They help with filing, grading, testing, etc. This allows for less false accusations against the teacher. After reading the article helps to prove that.