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Nt1310 Unit 4 Research Paper

Satisfactory Essays

Communicating with Families in Domain 4 is a professional goal I would like to work on to advance my profession as a teacher. This is a goal that I have little to no experience with and feel that I would fall in between the categories of unsatisfactory to basic of this domain. Recently I have the opportunity to be the lead teacher in my practicum class, during this time I had two different parents who came in and volunteered. With my CT being gone it was up to me to answer questions and communicate with the parents. Many times I didn't know how to approach them and relied on the substitute to help me. In fact I felt very uncomfortable because I felt they were critiquing everything I was doing. After talking with my CT later that day she informed me that as a beginning teacher she felt the same way. …show more content…

My CT gave me a few suggestions and tools I can incorporate into my classroom to build a better communication among parents. She encouraged that i create a responsibility report that you feel out each day about how each student behaved that day, then have the student send home the report and encourage them to talk about their day with their parents. Finally the parents will read the remarks and initial that they have read the report. Another idad my CT gave me was creating a classroom Facebook. This is a easy way to send out information about what they class is learning or experimenting with or a source to send out quick reminders. She explained the many times patients don't respond to emails or phonecalls. Even sending home paper reminders she still doesn't know if the papers are receiving the information. With FAcebook she can see who viewed the post and who did

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