Communicating with and inspiring parents

What does an effective partnership “teacher-parent” look like?

  • A partnership where the teacher has a leading role in determining the daily tasks in the kindergarten because professionals know better than parents what is necessary and useful for the children.
  • A partnership based on the “TEAM” approach allows both teachers and parents to have better communication with each other and to work as a team in the child’s education.
  • A partnership with overriding parental decisions because parents need to be more active in their children's school life.

How can we prepare teachers to work with culturally diverse children and their families?

  • Teachers need to have basic knowledge about the eating habits, the religious background and rituals for not offending the children or the parents with our European consumption patterns.
  • Teachers need to be open to different types of families and to develop positive relationships with them through mutual respect for diversity and continuous communication.
  • All of the above

What are the prerequisites for school – parent engagement?

  • Recognize the advantages of working together to guide children’s health and learning.
  • Create a shared school vision for engaging parents in their children’s education.
  • Enhance staff knowledge, ability, and confidence to engage parents.
  • All of the above

What are some of the examples of schools creating connections and building positive relationships with parents?

  • Well-planned program for parent engagement.
  • Friendly, welcoming environment for parents.
  • Opportunities for parents to participate in and contribute to the school’s health/gardening/cooking activities, services, and programs.
  • Opportunities for school stuff to learn how to increase parent engagement in school.
  • All of the above

Preschool educators can help immigrant parents to feel welcomed if they: (3 options are correct)

  • Accept them as people, rather than as a category.
  • Learn at least to say hello in their language
  • Offer them their national food at least once a week
  • Play with their children all the time
  • Create a friendly atmosphere
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