Friday, April 22, 2011

What Parents and Guardians Expect of Their Child’s Teachers

At this point in the school year, parents and guardians can either be valuable allies who work with you to ensure the success of every student in your class or they can be unpleasant and demanding adversaries. As an educator committed to the academic success of your students, it is up to you to make sure that the relationship between home and school is professional and positive.


One of the most important ways to establish this relationship is to make sure that you are aware of the expectations that they may have of you as their child’s teacher. While not all parents or guardians will have the same expectations of their child’s teachers, there are some similarities that you can anticipate and plan for. Your students’ parents or guardians will expect you to:


1. Ensure their child’s safety while in your class

2. Be fair in your treatment of their child

3. Recognize their child’s unique gifts and talents

4. Be reasonable in the amount of homework that you assign

5. Follow school and district rules and policies

6. Focus on positive qualities more than negative ones

7. Contact them quickly if a problem arises

8. Be courteous when you speak to their child

9. Maintain an orderly classroom

10. Be alert to the misbehavior of other students and how it may affect their child

11. Look and act like a confident, skilled, professional educator

12. Keep them apprised of scheduled events such as field trips and due dates for projects and tests

13. Know when to involve other education professionals such as a social worker or counselor

14. Work closely with them for the benefit of the child

15. Be able to meet with them before or after school

16. Return phone calls and emails promptly

17. Be aware of any health issues that their child may have and act accordingly

18. Protect their family’s privacy

19. Make it easy for them to stay in touch with you

20. Stay within the boundaries of your role as teacher

21. Be honest with them

22. Respect the confidentiality of their child’s school records

23. Be willing to listen to their concerns

24. Respect their insights about their child’s needs

25. Talk to them before going to an administrator for help

12 comments:

  1. great information. Reading this makes me proud to be a teacher. it gives me assurance that i am on the right path. an inspirational piece indeed. thanks

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  3. what is so difficult that for the teacher to fulfill those role that society expect from them

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  5. I am a teacher and all the expectations presented here are very realistic. With my years in teaching, I always find ways on how to maintain good relationship with the parents. We work hand in hand for the education of the child.

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  6. Beautifully described the key responsibilities of all teachers that enlighten your profession even i tried always to be in tuch with my student in any way. Thank you for sharing

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  7. Thanks so much for the information, It will help me as an upcoming teacher.

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  8. Thanks for sharing all of these...Really enlightening. Keep them coming, please.

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