I am a parent in the elementary school system and also going back to school for teaching. I love it when my kid's teachers send out email blasts once a week. This helps me know what is happening in class and what will be expected for the following week. My daughter's school also does student-led conferences which are amazing. The kids bring their families in and show off their work and classroom. Students take pride in this and is always a success. It's a great way to involve the parents and if they are having concerns, they can set up a time to meet with the teacher.

I think it is also very important to have strong teacher-parent relations. I think the best and simplest route to do this is to have them updated on class content through a email blast. Every week I would send an email to all the parents stating what the class is going over and assignment due dates for the week. This will allow parents to have an insight to what their kids need to be doing and the content that it is based on.

I think it is also very important to have strong teacher-parent relations. I think the best and simplest route to do this is to have them updated on class content through a email blast. Every week I would send an email to all the parents stating what the class is going over and assignment due dates for the week. This will allow parents to have an insight to what their kids need to be doing and the content that it is based on.

I believe that it is every important that the parents are involved in their child school. Maybe the parent don’t understand how important it is so you can explain to the them the importance of parent teacher conferences. Also you should see if their schedules is not working with yours that could be a reason why they don’t care to communicate unless their child is misbehaving. You can also send weekly emails to the parents.

You don't necessarily need to only have meetings with the student if they are misbehaving. You could possibly have meetings with the parents to talk about how well-behaved and on task that the student is and could recommend them to like gifted/ a honors society or clubs for example. If you just want more parent interaction as a teacher, you could possibly do weekly/monthly emails or send home letters about how each student did for that week/month and then that way they would feel more inclined to be involved as they would know each month how good they did in the class or if they did bad/misbehaved etc.

You could have the children do workbooks throughout the year. This way when you have parent-teacher conferences you have something of the student's work to show the progress that they are making as the year progresses.

being flexible is the key. Maybe you could ask them to share a time that works best for them especially a lot of parents have a busy schedules. you can conduct it virully too where they can join you from their homes, work and so on. don't forget that some parents do not speak English so you might include a translated email for those parents.

I would contact each parent in the beginning of the year and let them know that you wish to keep them updated on how their child is doing all throughout the year so you would like to know their schedule and what time can work best for them. This way they know since the beginning that they will be expected to show up for their child often.

Getting the parents involved is tough because you can't force people to do things but you want to have that sense of community with them to make it feel more like a home for the students.