Tips for Working Through Problems at School

Thursday, 10/8/2009

Advocacy Tips
Over the years you and your child are likely to be faced with sticky situations. Your child and their teacher are not a good match, you don’t agree with how discipline is doled out, or you feel your child is slipping through the cracks.

Below are some tips summarized from Scholastic.com and PBSKids.org based on interviews with principals and other educational leaders to help you be an efficient and effective advocate for your child:
 
Build a Relationship First
Don’t let a problem be the first time you touch base with your child’s teacher. You are likely to have a more productive conversation if you already have a relationship with the teacher, or at the very least have opened the lines of communication.
 
Consider sending an e-mail or setting up a meeting to “touch base” or volunteer to chaperone a field trip or help the teacher with some work that could be sent home for you to work on from home. 
 
Details and Examples
Gather details and record examples to help build your case for whatever the issue may be.  This applies whether your child is having trouble on the playground, if your child’s learning style is not compatible with the teacher’s instruction style, or if you you’re your child may have special needs not being addressed.

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