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What do you do when parents don't want what's best for their child? I know that is based on opinion - but sometimes parents don't want to admit their child needs extra help, and refuse it as they believe that it reflects on them poorly as a parent

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How do I build equal partnerships with parents who are unwilling to be a part of school community or discussion?

What are some strategies that can be used to encourage parents to be a willing participant?

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Carina-

What approach is appropriate or recommended when parents do not want to be part of the partnership (with the teacher) or when parents are separated and have very different values and put the teacher in the middle (unable to communicate with each other so teacher navigates two different conversations for the same student)?

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My MT told me she was coached to make parents believe their child is loved in her classroom during conferences. I am feeling resistance from her around drawing parent attention to some of the more challenging, anti-social behaviors we are seeing, especially those that, as another person asked, are to some degree encouraged at home.

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ash -

How do we balance regular updates without overwhelming parents?

Is it common to text parents? Sounds a lot easier than email.

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How often do parents want to be contacted by their child's teacher? (I hear a lot of parents complain about the volume of emails they receive)

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How do you go about building a partnership with parents if they hold views that are intolerant towards parts of your own identity? At what point do you stop trying, or do you not? And if you don't, how do you emotionally deal with that challenge?

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In the second video it talked about parents often feeling like they are left out of the loop when it came to their kids and feeling like they only recieved a call when it was too late to fix the problem. I know sometimes it's very obvious, but how do you make sure you are calling home at the right time? How do you discern when it's the right time?

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Some of my ML students speak English but do not have parents that speak English, how do I go about breaking those barriers to build a partnership when there is a language in between us?

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How do I build an equal partnership with a parent who speaks a different language than me?

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Positive phone calls home have been great for making connections with parents, but as a secondary teacher with 100+ students, how do you prioritize what calls to make when you know you won't be able to call every student's parent?

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Both of the speakers mentioned their roles as teachers and parents. How can I leverage my experience as a parent to make connections with parents in my role as a teacher?

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What does this look like at a secondary level when I see 150 students a day? How do I leverage the students' growing autonomy in this relationship (think juniors and seniors) especially when their wishes for themselves are different from their parents?

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I am all for building a trusting relationship with parents to help students succeed. I have some students who don't trust their parents, however. What can I do to for these students? Do I need to approach the parent-teacher relationship differently?

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How do you approach a parent when you feel they are 'enabling' problematic behaviors in their child without it coming across as a criticism of their parenting?

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What level of engagement with a toxic parent is expected/required in order to be considered a good teacher?

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I'm confident in, and willing to build genuine relationships with parents/families.

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What are good strategies for parents/families that are unwilling to communicate/participate in child's learning?