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This article is very useful for teachers, especially new teachers, to know how to talk to parents. Parents are a major part of the education experience. The article helps teachers address parents in a the correct professional way.

This resource shows a few ways parents who have time can get involved in the classroom. As a teacher, you can post opportunities like these to keep parents up to date on what they can become involved in as a parent

Five Keys to Successful Parent-Teacher Communication Keep these ground rules in mind and parents will thank you - and your life will be much easier! The best way to avoid misunderstandings with parents is to have ongoing, clear lines of communication from the beginning.

This chart gives examples on why parent teacher communication have become disconnected as well as gives us insiders on how to improve parent teacher communication.

This webpage lists different ways to build a positive relationship with parents. This would be good to look at when I become a teacher or if I struggle with communicating with some parents.

Today, parents not only want to be in the know about their children's education, they demand it. This website provides 10 tips for teachers when connecting with parents on social media platforms.

A study on the similarities and differences between heterosexual, two parent households and different- and same-sex two parent families. An article to help teachers learn about these subjects more extensively to better understand their students' situations.

This website covers an array of technology that can be used in the classroom for communication. It focuses on what parents actually want to see on these sites and how they can be most effective in the classroom.

It is a great information website for those who struggle with today's integrated technology. This website displays classroom information and ways a parent can be more involved with their student's curriculum.

This site provides teachers a variety of tools and suggests elements to include in a classroom website. Some of these suggestions include blogs, wikis, Google sites, and many more. This website also presents ideas of what parents want to see.

This webpage lists several important reasons why parents and students should communicate. This would be great for class discussion.

This webpage lists several important reasons why parents and students should communicate. This would be great for class discussion.

I chose this resource because it talk about six tools that help with teacher-parent communication. Being able to communicate with your students parents is a very important factor and it explains that and how to improve it. It discusses six different apps that are used in different ways and gives alternatives to the one he describes.

Common Sense Education provides a list of various tools that teachers can use to communicate with parents, whether they want to communicate via social media, use remind alerts, or start something like a class website.

Remind, formerly Remind101, is a communication tool that helps teachers reach students and parents where they are.

Remind, formerly Remind101, is a communication tool that helps teachers reach students and parents where they are. This is a great resource and alternative to personal texting or emailing parents with information. It is a way to text parents without giving out your phone number.

Teachers can send important reminders and updates with this app to students and teachers through text.

Edmodo is a site that allows teachers to make pages that their students/parents can join to get important information. As the teacher you can post important information that you want your students/parents to know. You can create polls that the members of the page can answer. Teachers can make quiz's and assignments to be completed and graded on Edmodo. This Collaboration tool is great for teachers, students, and parents to have a place where you can see all of the information that you need for the class

Effective communication is essential for building school-family partnerships. It constitutes the foundation for all other forms of family involvement in education.

This article explains some benefits of good parent-teacher relationships and gives some examples of ways to build this type of relationship. This would be good to look at when creating my own classroom.

This shows tips for communication with parents, teachers, and students.

This website shows different ways for teachers to communicate with parents and students. Some ways are older ways like phoning home.

This is a great website that gives seven effective parent-teacher communication tips.

Communicating with Difficult Parents

Great ideas for Teacher/Parent communication!

This website lists several ways to improve communication with non English speaking parents. This is a great thing to remember going into a classroom. It can also be a cause for discussion in an education class.