{"id":6339,"date":"2012-10-19T21:47:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T02:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=6339"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:26:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:26:30","slug":"teachers-joining-with-parents-to-create-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/teachers-joining-with-parents-to-create-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers joining with parents to create change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Teachers-joining-with-parents.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6344\" style=\"border: 4px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"Teachers joining with parents\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Teachers-joining-with-parents-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Teachers-joining-with-parents-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Teachers-joining-with-parents.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The need to grow and provide a better educational experience has been recognized by both teachers and schools today. But, where do we start? And, how can we ensure that what we start carries on? So many schools and classroom try out new ideas and strategies, which fizzle out in a matter of weeks or months, just because there were no plans for sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>One great way to make changes sustainable is to involve parents and the community in the process. Schools can reach out to and welcome parents, our children&#8217;s first and most important teachers, into the schools and their child&#8217;s learning. Parents, teachers and the community can work together to support and encourage our children to work diligently in their education and improve their learning.<\/p>\n<p>Parents can often help provide the support that teachers may need to implement a new strategy or take on a new activity. In the classroom, parents may be volunteers who actually come into the school environment, or they may simply just carry on a teacher\u2019s ideas and plans at home with their child. The input and practical suggestions from parents can be quite valuable.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What are some ways that we can help parents get excited and involved in the process of educational change?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  The need to grow and provide a better educational experience has been recognized by both teachers and schools today. But, where do we start? And, how can we ensure that what we start carries on? So many schools and classroom try out new ideas and strategies, which fizzle out in a matter of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[96,256],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6339"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6346,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6339\/revisions\/6346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}