My son's first grade teacher this year did not like parent participation in her classroom. The other teachers, however, embraced it by having parents in to help with reading groups. I found this incredibly useful but respected his teacher's decision. Yet, she never sent home newsletters or anything of the sort except for an occasional note. I would have to piece all of his assignments together and interrogate my 7 year old just to figure out what they were doing. After doing this assignment with my group, to create a newsletter that we would use in our classroom, I know for sure that this is what I will do as a future teacher. Collaboration is so important between a teacher and parents. Kids do not stop learning when they leave the classroom and it would be nice to have everyone on the same page. It is also important that parents know what is going on to guide their kids in the right direction. I can understand where twenty sets of parents involving themselves in your classroom would not be productive but a simple weekly or annual newsletter to keep parents informed and involved would make all the difference. Something weekly could even have their homework assignments on it, projects coming up, clubs to sign up for, all things that would help a parent keep their kids on track. As I said before, I will definitely use this in my classroom. Just to develop the perfect template that can be used over an over, would be so simple. I love it.
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