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Overview
Overview
When families and communities can work and collaborate with schools the results can improve student learning. This course was created to offer teachers a variety of ways to increase their communication skills with parents and guardians. Participants in this course will discover various ways to increase regular, meaningful two-way communication between schools and home. Participants will explore methods to engage families in the learning process of their children as well as developing interactive assessments that involve both students and parents. Engaging parents and guardians in meaningful communication builds a partnership of learning that can only benefit their student’s learning experiences. It can be overwhelming having so many different ways to communicate. This course offers some suggestions for teachers to incorporate a few new skills into their list of resources. At the end of this course, participants will have developed an assignment that includes a parent participation component.
Why Should We Engage Families with School?
Why Should We Engage Families with School?
Family Engagement = Student Success
Parent Involvement Makes a Difference
Communication Inventory
Communication Inventory
Make a list of the current strategies you are already using to communicate to parents and guardians.
What resources and materials do you need to improve on your communication skills?
What new strategies would you like to add to your communication tookbox?
Communication Inventory.pdfWho is Mr. Wall?
Who is Mr. Wall?
Mr. Wall began teaching in 2000 at an academic summer camp at UMass Lowell. Before teaching at Andover High School, he taught at a small private junior high school in Nashua and then made the transition to high school science at Dracut High School. He started teaching at Andover High School in 2008. Mr. Wall has taught a wide variety of science courses and even has experience teaching American history and photography. Since being at Andover High School, he’s taught mostly physical science and physics. He teaches some professional development courses to help other teachers design their own websites and improve their skills at involving parents with school. Mr. Wall received both his bachelor of science in biology and his master’s degree in education from UMass Lowell. Currently, Mr. Wall holds professional teaching certifications for biology and physics. When not teaching, Mr. Wall enjoys spending time with his wonderful wife and three outstanding children.
Contact Information
Contact Information
Michael Wall, M.Ed.
Science Department
Andover High School
80 Shawsheen Rd.
Andover, MA 01810
Email: michael.wall@andoverma.us
Phone: (978) 247-5625
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