One of the most difficult and rewarding tasks a teacher
faces is not just getting students engaged in the classroom but getting parents
involved in their students learning as well.
There is an arsenal of different tools and approaches a teacher can uses
to reach out to busy parents and what works to reach one parent does not always
work for another. This can be difficult
for teachers who want to reach every parent equally. Lisa Mims writes about the old school and newschool methods for keeping parents up to date with what is going on in the
classroom. Whether it is the classic phone call or the behavior monitoring web
tool Classroom Dojo, the ways teachers can get parents involved is evolving and
it is crucial that as educators we stay up to date with the latest tools
because a student with involved parents is more likely to be a successful
student.
"This can be difficult for teachers who want to reach every parent equally."
ReplyDeleteI run into this issue all the time. E-mail is my first method of choice, unless the issue is very serious. But there are quite a bit of parents out there who either a) don't have an e-mail, or b) don't have internet at home, thus it's not a very effective way to communicate with them.
I was introduce to Class DoJo at the end of last school year and I played with it a little but, since it was the end of the year, I never really pursued it. Thanks for the reminder. I may have to go back and revisit the site again.
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