Essentials for Teaching - Best Practices for Communicating with Parents

$20.00

Rated 4.71 out of 5 based on 7 customer ratings

Presenter: Lisa Van Gemert, Gifted Guru
Core Area: Professional Practices and Responsibilities 4.1, Professional Practices and Responsibilities 4.4
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 0.25

Cultivating good communication with parents is an essential part of education, but a good parent/teacher relationship doesn’t just happen by chance. In this course, “Essentials for Teaching: Best Practices in Communicating with Parents,” educator Lisa Van Gemert shares important tips for cultivating relationships with the parents of your students.

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SKU GIGU-515 Categories General PD, Gifted Guru, Lisa Van Gemert, New and Developing Teachers, Parents, Professional Practices and Responsibilities 4.1|Professional Practices and Responsibilities 4.4 Tags elementary, General PD, new and developing, New and Struggling Teachers, parents, secondary

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Cultivating good communication with parents is an essential part of education no matter what grade you teach, but a good parent/teacher relationship doesn’t just happen by chance. In this course, “Essentials for Teaching: Best Practices in Communicating with Parents,” educator Lisa Van Gemert shares important tips for cultivating relationships with the parents of your students. These tips will help you improve your skill level in this important area of teaching.

In this course, you’ll discover how to:

Document meetings
Set up good communication
Be more confident
Practice parent meetings

Presenter Bio

Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.

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Core Area	Professional Practices and Responsibilities 4.1, Professional Practices and Responsibilities 4.4
Hours	0.25 Hour
Organization	Gifted Guru
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Lisa Van Gemert
Course Content	General PD, New and Developing Teachers, Parents

7 reviews for Essentials for Teaching – Best Practices for Communicating with Parents

Rated 5 out of 5

Daisy – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) – September 9, 2019

wonderful!
Rated 5 out of 5

Theresa – STOCKDALE ISD (verified owner) – September 15, 2019

Good ideas.
Rated 5 out of 5

Noemi – FT SAM HOUSTON ISD (verified owner) – November 14, 2019

This was great. Would recommend to a new teacher.
Rated 5 out of 5

Reginald – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) – February 20, 2020

-Very informative
-Allow you to reflect
-Exposure to other forms of thinking
-Clear and concise information
-Helpful
Rated 4 out of 5

Annie – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) – April 17, 2020

This course was very clear.
Rated 5 out of 5

Britteny – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) – April 13, 2021

Enjoyed the course.
Rated 4 out of 5

Kathy – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) – June 24, 2022

Good tips for when, how, and frequency of contact with parents.