Not only employees of an educational institution, but also a family are engaged in raising a child, so it is very important to establish interaction between these areas of influence. Only in this case, the formation, development and training of the child will become full.
Classroom Leader Collaboration with Parents
The class teacher is a teacher who represents the interests of the collective of students under his responsibility. The work of the class teacher with the parents of the students is simply necessary for the organization of training and development of children. It is especially important to maintain this cooperation at the initial stage of education, when children are just starting to get used to the new team, responsibilities and responsibilities.
The class teacher should keep parents informed of all the changes and innovations that occur in the school. In the event of a problem situation related to a conflict, poor performance, or other reason, the class teacher is required to inform the parents. This is the main goal of the interaction of the class teacher with parents. If the child does not have parents, then work should be carried out with his guardians.
Parent Planning
The work plan of the class teacher with parents is drawn up for one academic year. During this time, the class teacher must conduct a certain number of parent-teacher meetings, extracurricular activities and other activities aimed at achieving the goals. Conversations of the class teacher with parents can take place and unscheduled.
Planning to work with parents includes an individual visit to the studentās home. This is done not only to observe the life of the family, but also to get closer to the parents and the child.
The forms and methods of work of the class teacher with parents are determined by the teacher himself on the basis of his individual qualities, personality characteristics, experience and knowledge. When choosing a method of work, one should also rely on the peculiarities of the way of life of parents, their sphere of activity, and religious beliefs.
The productive collaboration of the class teacher with parents always gives positive results.
The purpose of attracting parents
The main goal of interaction between the class teacher and parents is to create favorable conditions for the full development of the child, the formation of motivation for learning, the disclosure of his creative abilities.
To achieve this goal, you must complete the following tasks:
- To prepare parents for effective cooperation with teachers. To accomplish this task, it is necessary to get to know the parents, have a conversation with them, and explain how important the active participation of the parent is in the school problems of the child.
- To increase the pedagogical culture of parents. At this stage, the teacher should convey to parents information related to the peculiarities of the psychological perception and development of a child of a certain age, recommend literature for independent study.
- Encourage parents to take part in school life. The tasks of the class teacher should not be intrusive. No need to load parents with voluminous work. Requests and requests should be simple and helpful.
- To teach parents to understand and notice the changes that occur with the child. An incorrect reaction of parents to a childās behavior can lead to negative consequences, therefore, parents in a team with teachers must choose the same tactics of behavior that will correct the deviant behavior of the child.
- To assist in finding measures to influence the behavior of the child.
Parent meeting
Each parent meeting should have a theme, goals and objectives. The class teacher draws up a plan for meeting with parents, based on the pressing problems that arise in the process of learning and development of children.
The teacher can attract a psychologist to work, who will organize a conversation with parents and answer their questions. You can prepare a presentation or video demonstration on a selected topic.
A parent meeting on child performance and development should be constructive. It is necessary to prepare statistics for each student. Highlight several leaders, mark children with learning difficulties. To award the best students with diplomas and express gratitude to their parents. We need to have a conversation with the parents of weak children, together try to identify the causes of failure, to identify ways to solve this problem.
Parental committee
Part of the responsibilities of the class teacher goes to the parents of the students. The most active of them form a parent committee, which can include from 2-7 people. Each member of the committee has his own responsibilities. We list the main tasks of the parent committee:
- identification of the needs of children who cannot satisfy the OS;
- raising money to buy the necessary things for the development and education of children;
- organizing the purchase of gifts for teachers on holidays;
- assistance in organizing events;
- assistance in working with children;
- quality control of products in the school cafeteria;
- interaction with local authorities in order to obtain assistance to an educational institution;
- the choice of ways to encourage students who have high rates in school or in extracurricular activities;
- assistance to children who fall behind in the school curriculum.
The activities of the committee are formally regulated by the Law on Education. It must include a chairman, secretary and treasurer. Parent committee meetings are held at least three times a year. Meetings are organized according to the charter of the educational institution, all decisions are made after an open vote.
Extracurricular activities involving parents
Each extra-curricular event is held for a specific purpose: acquaintance, demonstration of creative achievements, competition, identifying a leader, diagnosing behavior, etc. Involving parents automatically takes the event to a higher level for the child. Each kid wants to boast of his skills and knowledge in front of his and other parents. Joint activities are useful for children and informative for adults - this is one of the forms of work of the class teacher with parents.
Children really like events with the participation of parents, especially if they are held in the form of competition between parents and children. In this case, the child will make every effort to achieve a better result. The option of parent-child collaboration during the game is also often used when organizing school activities. There should be no losers in the game, otherwise the child may have a negative attitude towards the parent if the team loses.
Active participation of parents in school life
Despite the constant employment of the overwhelming number of parents, the class teacher should involve them in events, concerts, performances, and exhibitions. The form of attraction should be in the nature of a request. Excessive pressure and standing orders can scare parents away from interacting with the school. Help for parents to the class teacher should be feasible.
Heavily busy and inactive parents can be invited to school events as spectators and fans. With activist parents, everything is much simpler - they themselves are ready to help teachers with the organization of holidays and events.
Individual Parent Counseling
For an individual conversation, the teacher can come to the studentās home to look at the living conditions, observe the microclimate in the family, and ask him to show the studentās workplace. The home environment has a great influence on the development and performance of the child, so it is very important to identify all critical points that can interfere with the harmonious development of the individual. The class teacher should allocate time for individual communication with all parents of students, especially when it comes to first grade.
Particular attention in terms of the work of the class teacher with parents should be given to family communication, parental interest. If there is indifference or unwillingness to cooperate on the part of the parents, then you need to inform and motivate them, explain that their behavior is a model for the child.
Creative assignments for parents
Participation in school activities allows you to show your creativity not only to children, but also to their parents. In elementary school, parents actively participate in the preparation of school exhibitions and other events, helping their child and class teacher.
Children cannot complete some creative tasks on their own due to a lack of necessary skills. In this case, the parents should help the child. The main thing is that it does not happen that the child transfers his duties to the parent. The creative process should take place with the joint cooperation of a child and an adult.
Such tasks need to be chosen carefully. A creative task for parents and a child should be interesting and useful. Winners of the competition must receive a promotion or reward. Photos of the most active parents and children can be hung on the board of honor.
Organizational tasks for parents
In some cases, the class teacher may delegate responsibilities to the responsible parents. When organizing an event or excursion, parents can take on some functions: collecting money, renting a car, buying tickets, catering, etc.
The most responsible parents who have the ability and time to deal with these issues are selected as organizers. If the class teacher has identified parents who are not involved in the school life of the child, then you can unobtrusively ask them to carry out some small assignment. After its implementation, you need to thank the parent for their interest.
Organizational matters may also concern monetary matters. Sometimes parents are offered to buy the equipment they need for their children. In this case, the treasurer of the parent committee collects money from other parents, and the meeting decides on the acquisition of the desired item.
The interaction of parents with a school psychologist
If a child develops harmoniously, actively communicates with classmates and studies well, then there is no reason for concern. However, most often it happens that in the learning process and social adaptation various situations arise that provoke the child, interfere with his learning or development. For example: a child is teased because of appearance, a hyperactive student distracts peers, a student is distracted in lessons, etc.
In this case, parents incompetent in the field of child psychology will not be able to resolve the situation on their own. Consultation of a psychologist should be included in the work plan of the class teacher with parents. The school teacher-psychologist is obliged to help understand the causes of the problem and give parents recommendations for resolving a contentious issue. Activities involving parents in primary school are required.
Work with parents at risk
In almost every class there are students who grow up in dysfunctional families. The signs by which a family can be attributed to this category may be as follows:
- parents are addicted to drugs;
- the family is large and low-income;
- parents have a mental disorder;
- parents are too demanding and cruel to the child;
- the child is being abused by adults;
- the child is abandoned and left to his own devices.
It is very difficult to work with such children, as the correction of behavior does not give visible results, while the influence of the stimulus is present. Communication with problematic parents needs to be devoted much more time to both the class teacher and the psychologist. A negative impact on a childās home environment can be manifested not only in the psychological development of the baby, but also in education and socialization. The classroom teacherās work plan with parents should include the organization of joint meetings. If beliefs and motivation do not help influence the activities of parents, then the teacher should contact the guardianship service.
Finally
Parents are a source of not only knowledge and skills for the child, but also a model of behavior, moral standards. When a child begins to go to school, the functions of parents are partially taken over by teachers. The interaction of these two facets should be fruitful and effective, therefore, teachers strive to attract parents to school problems, events, holidays.