What questions or best practices do you have about family communication? by Destiny Johnson

Use a Google Voice number

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Start the beginning of the year with positive communication. Once you’ve done that it helps with communication throughout the year.

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Send videos or pictures of work

Use multiple means, if limited on time email can be effective

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A way to communicate

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I use Google voice to communicate with teachers.

For every 1 negative call you should find 4 positive calls to make. Touchbase with parents about schaolr progress.

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Learn about the student's family structure/siblings/home environment

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Texting

Send out batch grade updates every once in a while. For student performing on all levels

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Why does the school not have PTA?

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Dean’s list blast for the good the bad and the ugly

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If you need to give bad news, sandwich the bad news in between positive feedback

Use DEANS List to directly send text messages or emails.

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kfullard2 — 2025-01-27 20:50:34 UTC

send mass texts through deanslist to keep families updated about academic assignments

Having a script to follow to help you stay on topic and solution

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Positive call home

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Require staff call home to share positive news with families.

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Shared understanding of things to look out for and ways to best communicate or work with child in areas they may struggle in

Check in with student/family about things you have discussed in the past

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How do we get a hold of parents when numbers / emails on deanslist doesn’t work?

Sending a quick text to communicate how your students day is going whether good or bad

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Knowing how to relate to families by having grown up in the same neighborhood as them

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Treat Family like Family

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When I have discussion with families, I chat with them like they are members of my family, and actually found out I was related to a student.

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Strategically planning events for families within my department

Start with the good

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If there is a positive change in a student’s behavior, I reach to guardians to share.

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PTA‼️ PTA‼️

Dean's List as your ally

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Sending objective, helpful updates and reminders to check Powerschool and Dean's List for attendance and grade health.

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Showing up at school events and kid family events

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Learn about family get to know them. laugh make jokes with them. always start with something positive about the kid

When finding out family needs ask and provide resources that they may need and/or connect them with the person that could assist with a warm handover

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Sitting with parents at school events and not with other staff members.

Why is it so difficult for parents to schedule meetings with admin?

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Reaching out to parents to celebrate the good things their children are accomplishing

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We all know THAT kid…

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I always send 3ish positive texts home at the start of the year when I know a student has gotten written up often the previous year.

Parent/family workshops and resources

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kfullard2 — 2025-01-27 20:51:44 UTC

snap a pic and send it to mom to show her her scholar

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Ensure parents/guardians know you're there to help them.

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Call / text families for students positives, not only negative communication.

I am always committed to calling our families notifying them that their scholars are doing well. Building positive sustainable relationships is a way to get to know our families. Home visits are a great way as well.

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In the beginning of the school year call parents or guardians and introduce yourself and set the expectations of the class and students.

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Breaking A Mold They've Built Around Their Child

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Many parents react before they know what the phone call is about, both positive or negative. Use contacts to build a rapport and foster the trust in who their child learns from and also, give them the opportunity to be surprised about their child. Good or Bad, the steps forward are progress

Close the loop. Always follow up with scholar or families with updates or remedy of a situation.

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Hi GPA DeansList blast

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To get closed support from family, it really depends on closed contact with the family

When calling parents

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I will have the student confirm the situation I’m calling about to that they don’t try to change the story once they get home.

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Low GPA DeansList blast

Community building

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Have parents sit in on classes to see how things are done

Home visits should be done more

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Google Translate

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Google translate is a good tool, but maybe have the Spanish or ESL teachers take a quick look before sending it out.

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Call parents/guardians and follow-up with a text message incase they do not check their voicemails frequently.

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Midday attendance, DeansList blast. Voice calls in particular.

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Make a certain amount of phone calls or communication outreach each week

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Grades are important point of conversation. Equally important is their social and emotional growth progress.

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I believe it’s the foundation to everything. Once you have established a relationship with the student and family it changes the dynamics. It becomes more meaningful, but also increases the commitment.

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Call first. During that initial conversation you can ask the parent if calling, texting or email works best for them.

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Sharing my phone number so that families can call me back when they need something

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The stronger the releationship the easier it will be to help them (Parents/guardians/student) cope and tunnel through.

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Checking in to see what kids and families need then connecting them to the right resources within the city. #MyCity.

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Take notes about conversation so that I can follow up in the future

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Quick turn around follow 1-4 days after student received a negative call home to update parent about their progress.

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Spend time remembering kids “favorite things”

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Healthy to start with the glows and then speak on grows