Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 5/1/2006 4:19:00 PM Author: April (veronicalee97@yahoo.com) Subject: Communicating with parents I work M-F 8:30 to 3:15. Some parents I rarely or never see. I send home Daily Notes everyday, monthly newsletter, and any articles, ect. thoughout the month in between. I send home processed art work. At the end of the newsletters after signing my name I put my email and home phone number. We have scheduled times during the the year for conferences, which only a few parents participate even when offered to do it by phone or email. Seems like really the parents that complain that they don't know me are the ones that never read the daily notes or newsletters and grip about having a teacher that is following school policy about not to bring food from home or sippy cups. So, am I doing all that I can do? Does anyone have suggestions to reach out to the parents in a better way? Thanks, April Name: Email: Subject

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