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I'd have to say pray, pray, pray first and foremost! The best advice I ever received was from an assistant principal (thanks, Johnny!). He said to make a deposit in the "bank" with your parents before you'd been in school two weeks. Call the parent/s of each and every student with some sort of praise for their child. Let them know how excited you are to be working with their child and that you are always there for the child and to help. He said that when we do this, we have a "deposit" for those calls we all hate to make when behavior has been less than spectacular! :) It really works. I have been teaching 23 years and learned this 16 years ago. It is amazing how much smoother the parent contact aspect of teaching goes when you make the extra effort during the first two weeks of hurry~burry to contact parents. Blessings, peace, and Godspeed as you set out on the adventure of a lifetime!
Melly <><
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Melly this is excellent advice!! Thank you for linking up! I'm not only going to pass this on to my daughter but I am going to use it myself!
ReplyDeleteI took a class few years ago and this is exactly what they said to do. SOOOOO many parents appreciate this and it sets the tone that you care before you even meet them!! Just found your blog and became your newest follower!
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