How are you working with your parents at school?

Working with parents in school often causes difficulties for young teachers, who for the first time received classroom leadership. And teachers with experience are sometimes limited only to individual conversations on the progress of children and general meetings, where mainly organizational issues are resolved. At the same time, close interaction between the school and the family can give much more results in the upbringing and education of children.

It can be said that the teacher is also partly a practical psychologist. In order to effectively work with students, he needs to know and take into account not only their individual characteristics, but also what their close environment is. The duties of the class teacher include studying everything that concerns the student, because it can bring real results in education.

Work with parents includes, first of all, familiarization with the composition of the family, the conditions of its residence, relations between its members. This is important in order to be able to assume what exactly affects the formation of the child's certain personal qualities. In most cases, parents readily contact the teachers and psychologist of the school, especially if they understand that this moment can have a positive effect on the child's stay in the school, on his upbringing. Taking into account individual characteristics in the educational process is a serious enough point, which should not be forgotten by teachers.

No less important task that the class teacher performs with his parents is the enlightenment of adults in pedagogy and psychology of children. Of course, many adults with the advent of a child in the family begin to read special literature and are guided by the recommendations for education that are given in it. However, when a person with a pedagogical background and experience, even a small one, in this area gives certain advice and directs the parents in the right direction, this brings much more practical results.

Forms of enlightenment can be different. Basically this, of course, parenting meetings. However, we should not always carry them out in the "classical" form. It is proved that a greater effect can be achieved when working with parents includes non-standard methods and methods. So, some teachers practice holding meetings in the form of seminars, trainings, workshops, auctions of ideas, etc. Plus, in this case, there will be an invitation from a school psychologist who will be able to acquaint parents with the peculiarities of their children, peculiar to a certain age, to respond to the problems that arise in them Questions about family education. A teacher can cover a wide variety of topics at such events, from theoretical problems to conversations with adults regarding interpersonal relationships in the classroom.

At present, working with parents includes their active involvement in the management of school activities. Thus, in the educational institutions boards of trustees are created, which also includes representatives of the administration and high school students. The functions of this group are to solve financial and organizational issues.

The most active parents can enter not only in the classroom, but also in the school for all schoolchildren. They can become a reliable support for the class teacher: they will help organize holidays, excursions and other events.

The work of a psychologist with parents is quite important. It can be conducted in various forms: from individual consultations and diagnosis to group training. If there are problems with the student with school or behavior at school, the class teacher usually recommends parents to talk with a psychologist who can provide the necessary assistance or carry out corrective work in the right direction.