by Aimee Skidmore

High School and IGCSE English Teacher @College du Leman

We 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.

by Rebecca Findlay

Head of Primary at the International School @Park City

Communications

In my experience, all schools have various challenges with communication, all usually stemming from the different methods in which parents prefer to engage with information and the fast-changing technology landscape. In an international school, there is an additional layer of challenge as we seek to communicate effectively with families from all over the world.