Every Teacher's Guide to Working With ParentsTransform teacher-parent relationships into a strategy for children's success! While most parents strive to support their children with the best parenting practices, both teachers and parents often find themselves struggling to reconcile conflicts that can result in hostility, defensiveness, and communication breakdowns. In addition, negative public constructions of parents perpetuate this dilemma, particularly for those parents who are already marginalized through poverty or language barriers. Working from research in three key areas-parent development and skills, social and historical family influences, and parent-school relationships-educator (and parent) Gwen L. Rudney offers teachers: Useful interpretations of parent beliefs and actions Compelling insight into what parents expect from teachers Key ideas that characterize the struggles that parents face while raising children Practical strategies designed to lead to community, trust-building, collaboration, gratitude, and friendship with parents Straightforward chapters offer teachers everything from theory to commonsense strategies for working with parents to improve life and learning for all children. |
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The information in Chapter 2 provides insight into what parents expect from teachers . It offers practical sugges- tions that individual teachers can use to improve communica- tion and collaboration with parents . Chapter 3 explores key ...
The information in Chapter 2 provides insight into what parents expect from teachers . It offers practical sugges- tions that individual teachers can use to improve communica- tion and collaboration with parents . Chapter 3 explores key ...
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In this chapter , you will read about the expectations parents and teachers hold for each other and a number of approaches that teachers can use to build the kind of relation- ships that make life better for teachers and parents — and ...
In this chapter , you will read about the expectations parents and teachers hold for each other and a number of approaches that teachers can use to build the kind of relation- ships that make life better for teachers and parents — and ...
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They are a minor- ity — and a small minority , at that . But we want the best for every child and for every family . As explained in Chapter 1 , there are some parents who have mental or emotional diffi- culties that put their children ...
They are a minor- ity — and a small minority , at that . But we want the best for every child and for every family . As explained in Chapter 1 , there are some parents who have mental or emotional diffi- culties that put their children ...
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Contents
So Whats the Problem? | 8 |
The Kids Have a Role | 14 |
Helping Parents Who Have Special Struggles | 23 |
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| Title | Every Teacher's Guide to Working With Parents |
| Author | Gwen L. Rudney |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2009 |
| ISBN | 1412917743, 9781412917742 |
| Length | 107 pages |
| Subjects | › › Education / General Education / Parent Participation Education / Special Education / General |
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