大多数老师都在努力创造一种感觉像家庭的教室氛围。一种可以帮助学生在学校中像在生活中其他熟悉的空间一样在学校中感觉到的东西。有这么多老师将他们的学生亲切地称为“我的孩子”是有原因的！距离我们的“家庭”的一小步是我们的学生的父母和看护人。尽管这些成年人可能不会每天走进您的房间，但它们也是您班级家庭的重要组成部分！这篇文章探讨了如何为父母教师沟通创建一种使社区中每个成员受益的策略。
Why You Need to Communicate Regularly with Parents and Carers
Building positive parent teacher relationships impacts every stakeholder in a child’s schooling journey. It is SO important for teachers to learn how to create great relationships with parents and carers.
（1）在学年开始时花一些时间来量身定制满足您特定学生及其家人需求的沟通策略。查看下面的想法！
(2) Ensure parents know how you will stay in touch with them, and how they can best contact you.
(3) Be flexible and responsive. Evaluate which modes of communication work best for your current group of parents and care-givers.
采用计划中的父母教师交流方法的好处包括：
- giving parents confidence in you and in their ability to connect with you easily
- 父母和看护者了解您对学生行为和努力的期望
- increases parental involvement in their child’s education
- saves time (for both teachers and parents!) by reducing those incidental and sometimes ill-timed before and after school chats
- 改善学生的学习成果。
Strategies for Parent Teacher Communication
选择适用于当前父组的模式或媒介。
会有许多因素会影响您与学生家人交流的方式。诸如获得技术，在家中使用的语言以及任何个人，与儿童安全有关的隐私问题之类的事物都是重要的考虑因素。另外，您需要选择一种或两种通信模式，使您可以轻松快捷地定期保持联系。
For sharing quick, regular classroom insights use:
- 上line or mobile platforms likeClass Dojo（这对也需要翻译的父母非常好！）
- 社交媒体 - Twitter帐户或Facebook Group。
For more detailed, in-depth communication use:
- phone calls or text messages
- student communication book or diary
- printed notes
- class newsletters
- school intranet e.g. virtual classrooms
- class blog or website.
Communicate early and often. The GOOD and the not so good!
The most important part of keeping families in the loop is actually keeping them in the loop!
Staying in touch with parents and caregivers about “everyday” happenings in your classroom builds the kind of relationships that are important if you do need to initiate a conversation about academic or behavioural challenges. Make a habit of informing parents about the ‘small’ things, both good and not so good.
ThesePositive Parent Notesare a great way to send home positive stories about a student’s day!
就整个班级以及个人学生进行交流。
提供尽可能多的informati上about what is happening in class builds the parents’ confidence in you and makes sure they feel included in their child’s education. It also helps to contextualise your experience – acting as a reminder of the fact that you care for a large number of children in addition to the child of that particular parent or caregiver.
拥有一个Twitter帐户或私人Facebook组是分享课堂活动和学生工作快照的好方法。只要确保您已获得所有可以在互联网上公众观众观看的照片，视频或字幕中可以识别的所有学生的父母或照顾者的许可即可。
社会和文化意识
从每个父母或照顾者的角度考虑这种交流是有帮助的。您设定的学校沟通策略需要为他们工作！
您是否有父母无法阅读英语或说英语以外的其他语言？您所有的家人是否可以定期访问可靠的Internet连接或带有数据的智能手机？班上是否有复杂的家庭或家庭状况的学生，这意味着他们不能将其包括在任何全班或公开访问的交流中？
Taking the time to ensure that ALL families will be able to maintain a form of communication with you is important, even if it does mean that what you set up for the majority of the class needs to be slightly modified for some.
你可能想考虑:
- if a multi-lingual teacher aide or cultural liaison officer can translate a newsletter, email or message for you on a regular basis
- confirming if families can translate emails or other forms of social media or digital communication at home
- providing private, direct communication with the parents or caregivers of certain students.
