Teacher Parent Communication: Principal’s Corner

How To Improve Teacher Parent Communication Teacher parent communication. Parents sometimes say “I want better communication with my child’s teacher.”  What does that mean?  And is it really possible?  The short answer is – yes!  There are easier ways to improve teacher to parent communication.  This is part 1 of our 2 part series on …

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Teacher Vacancies Mid-Year: Principal’s Corner

Mid-year teacher vacancies is tough!  The teachers I worked with knew that choosing to leave mid-year was not an option in my mind. Studies show that students who have a teacher leave mid-year lose about 54 days of academic growth compared to those who have a stable teacher all year (see the research here). Teacher retention …

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How Vulnerability Can Be The Key To Getting Parents Engaged (Part Two)

Natalie is a 2nd grade teacher in one of Possip’s partner schools. Recently, she talked with our team about parent engagement, and how she got over her fear of being vulnerable with her students’ parents. This is part two of a two part blog. Read Part One here.   Photo by stem.T4L on Unsplash At the end of …

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Getting Your School a Plan to Respond to Bullying

Last week we blogged about preventative bullying tips.  The reality is, bullying happens even with the best planning. Also, we have found that parents can give grace when their child experiences bullying at school.  However, they can get frustrated when there isn’t a plan to address it.  So this week we’re back with tips on …

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Reacting to Bullying: A Detailed Plan

This post is a more detailed plan of a summary blog post we have. SUMMARY 1- Communicate what you know as soon as possible to parents.  Sometimes we are hesitant to reach out to parents until we have everything – but we really can and should communicate with what we know. 2 – Learn, learn, …

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Rural Schools and Engaged Parents

Seeing Rural Schools From a New Perspective I’ve often thought about engaged parents from the lens of my own experiences with family members who attended rural schools. Moving to New York recently has me thinking a bit differently.  Since I’m originally from Mississippi and Tennessee I find the subway experience fascinating. Between 6-9AM on New …

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How Vulnerability Can Be the Key to Getting Parents Engaged

  Natalie is a 2nd grade teacher in one of Possip’s partner schools. Recently, she talked with our team about parent engagement, and how she got over her fear of being vulnerable with her students’ parents. During Natalie’s first several years of teaching, she taught kindergarten and first grade, and was originally a little nervous …

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