Aimee Skidmore – Challenges in school communications

by Aimee Skidmore
High School and IGCSE English Teacher @College du LemanWe use a variety of tools for communications between our school and our student’s parents/guardians. Firstly email is a big part of this strategy; parents are able to connect directly with teachers and have extensive visibility through our internal learning management tool. However nothing quite beats that face-to-face interaction. For parents (and teachers), making that personal connection with a teacher is vital, and something that our parents even request, so we have started doing a ‘meet and greet’ session at the beginning of each year for them to meet teachers and staff. This has been an incredibly successful initiative, as parents are willing to be more open when you meet them in person.
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