Submitted by DeAnna (not verified) on January 29, 2008 - 08:32.
This was very interesting. I have never made a home visit; however, I have worked in a school where I was required to make 5 phone calls per week to parents. This ensured that I spoke to each family at least once a month. I was overwhelmed by this at first, but I grew to love it! I realized that I didn't have to contact a parent with something negative. I was able to use this time to get to know the background of my students as well as being able to give positive feedback to their parents. My parents grew to love this too! They looked forward to my phone calls and often let me know if it had been to long since the last one. I am thinking that parents would also like a home visit. My thinking is that they would really appreciate the fact that I took time away from my own family to visit their family. Maybe I will have to start making some visits.
parent involvement
Submitted by DeAnna (not verified) on January 29, 2008 - 08:32.
This was very interesting. I have never made a home visit; however, I have worked in a school where I was required to make 5 phone calls per week to parents. This ensured that I spoke to each family at least once a month. I was overwhelmed by this at first, but I grew to love it! I realized that I didn't have to contact a parent with something negative. I was able to use this time to get to know the background of my students as well as being able to give positive feedback to their parents. My parents grew to love this too! They looked forward to my phone calls and often let me know if it had been to long since the last one. I am thinking that parents would also like a home visit. My thinking is that they would really appreciate the fact that I took time away from my own family to visit their family. Maybe I will have to start making some visits.