Be able to develop professional relationships with adults
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Laser Learning reading text ‘Building relationships with the adults you work with’
- 'Building collegiate relationships in schools’ on the Education Support website
- ‘Engaging parents and families' by Education Scotland
- ‘The importance of effective teacher to teacher communication’ on the Thought Co. website
- ‘4 tips to build positive relationship with parents’ on the Teacher Toolkit website
- ‘Cross cultural communication’ webpage on the Communication Theory website
- 'Advice for improving your workplace relationships' on the Education Support website
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on ‘Partnership with parents’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘Multi-agency working’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s third presentation on ‘Professional relationships’.
- Click to launch this lesson's fourth presentation on 'How to support pupils' parents' by Family Lives.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- The Education Support Partnership have produced this document on ‘Managing disagreements at work: a guide for teachers and education staff’ which looks at some skills to manage misunderstanding and conflicts.
- Although written for American teachers, this article ‘Communicating cross-culturally: What teachers should know’ offers insight into the way different cultures can impact on children and their parents in school.
- Does your school encourage respectful behaviour towards all adults? Ask to look at your school’s policies on inclusion, and equal opportunities. These policies help to make sure that all parents and adults at your school feel included and welcomed.
- Write a list of things that you would need to tell a new parent about your school. Think about the things they need to know for themselves and for their child. Don’t forget things like how you pass on letters or information. Are letters given by hand, or put in the child’s bag or tray? Think about things that will help them to feel confident about leaving their child with you: the safety procedures, what activities you might be doing that day. Don’t forget to introduce them to other key staff.
- ‘How to develop positive relationships in the staffroom and beyond’ from Happy-centred Schools looks at the importance of spending time building relationships with colleagues.
- Click to read ‘20 tips for developing positive relationships with parents’ on the Edutopia website.
- Click to read ‘Communicating with culturally diverse parents of exceptional children’ on the Teacher Vision website.
- Click to read 'Effective communication in the classroom: skills for teachers' from the HUB website
- Click to read 'Better together: building positive relationships between parents and teachers' on the Education Support website.
- Think And Challenge
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