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Oct 2024
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Parents and Teachers: The Real Classroom...

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What qualities does it take to make a parent easy or difficult to work with? 

 

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The dynamics of teacher-parent relationships can be dicey to say the least, and on this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty, our hosts Gabe Dannenbring, Bri Richardson, and Jess Smith are going to go over the trials and tribulations with dealing with parents. 

From defining boundaries to learning to say “no”, trying to collaborate with our students' parents can get quite difficult, but we have some tips and tricks to nailing your next parent-teacher conference.

For example, apparently it’s a teacher's job to make sure their students are regular? The amount of times we’ve been asked to check our students' poops for problems is absolutely insane! Talk about a crappy job amiright? 

It's important to remember at the end of the day we should all be working together to make sure we make the best situation for our students to grow and learn. Our hosts finish off their conversation by pointing out how absurd it is that teachers and parents can be at odds with each other, because we’re truly on the same team. 

 

Jump right to it!

3:50 - Working with Parents

7:58 - Personal Experiences of Overwork

7:00 - Parent-Teacher Relationships and Perspectives

16:20 - Challenges of Communication

23:00 - Dealing with Difficult Parent Requests

32:00 - Embarrassing Parent-Teacher Conferences

42:30 - Setting Boundaries

45:00 - Balancing Parent Expectations and Teacher Workload

54:30 - Teamwork Between Teachers and Parents

 

So don't worry too much, you have plenty of time before that parent teacher conference, so sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty.

 

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