Be able to develop professional relationships with adults
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Laser reading text: 'Building relationships with the adults you work with'
- ‘Improving relationships within the schoolhouse’ by R S Barth
- ‘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
- ‘Better together: Building positive relationships between parents and teachers’ from the Education Support website.
- ‘Managing disagreements at work: a guide for teachers and education staff’ from the Education Support website
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Professional image'.
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘Partnership with parents’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘Multi-agency working’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘Professional relationships’.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- 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 build a productive relationship with parents’ from the Teach Hub looks at the importance of spending time building relationships with parents.
- 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.
- This article in The Guardian newspaper looks at ‘Teaching in multicultural classroom: tips, challenges and opportunities’.
- Think And Challenge
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