Parent Communication.

As 21st century educators, communication is crucial.  Teachers shall provide communication through:

- Paper correspondence.  This will likely be in the form of an official welcome letter and/or syllabus. Once digital correspondence and communication has been established, then paper may no longer be necessary.  Do not assume all families have access to Internet, Data, Wifi, etc. 

- Canva. All teachers should maintain Canva that is consistently updated and provides accurate, meaningful, and easily accessed information, including your contact information, class information, and dates of major assessments.  Again, do not assume that everyone will know how to navigate your materials.  Consider providing instructions.

- Face-to-Face and/or Telephone. Face-to-face will take place with Walk-Your-Schedule, Open-House, and necessary Parent Conferences.  If you are unsuccessful with reaching out to parents by email or paper, you should reach out by telephone. 

- Email. When both parties are able, email is an acceptable form of communication.  However, two important notes: 1) If you do not receive confirmation and reverse communication, then you should reach out in another form. 2) Even when a parent emails an "FYI" email that does not appear to require a response, RESPOND, even if it is just to say, "Thank you for the information.  We will work with Johnny when he returns so that he may make up his test.

Portion of PDP SMART Goal will be to utilize Remind101 once per quarter. 

-Remind101 and/or Talking Points. Text messaging.  Even parents without computers, data plans, or wifi often have access to text messages.

NO MATTER WHAT FORMAT YOU USE, FOLLOW-UP, FOLLOW-UP, FOLLOW-UP!

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Language Translation offering should be put on all documents sent home.  It is actually an image that you will want to insert into all documents that go home.  Simply hover over the statement/picture below and it will download to a tab you can open on your computer.  You can also find this statement at   http://www2.wcpss.net/departments/academics/translation-interpretation/downloads/language-assistance/lang-assist.png

The following items listed below are suggestions for your classroom communication.  The bolded items are required and the others are ideas for those of you that would like to include more information.  Remember the purpose of the syllabus is to establish effective communication with students and parents of your classroom requirements and expectations.  PLTs, Teams, and Colleagues are encouraged to work together to explore particularly effective forms and create consistency of expectations. 

Teacher name & contact information

Teacher availability

Teacher responsibility

After school tutorial

Course objectives

Course overview

Preparation and materials

List of works/content to be covered

Curriculum and pacing guide (daily or weekly, created by teacher)

Description of assignments/homework

Important dates (class, school, and tests)

EOG information

Grading scale

Safety rules

Attendance policy

Late work/make-up policy

Behavior expectations

Consequences and incentives for meeting classroom expectations

Integrity statement

Student and parent signature