Cuôn sách cung cấp cho thầy cô và những người làm công tác giáo dục những nhận định thú vị và bất ngờ so với cách chúng ta vẫn thường hình dung về mối quan hệ giữa gia đình - nhà trường nói chung và tính chất cuộc gặp mặt giữa thầy cô và phụ huynh nói riêng.
Về phía thầy cô, hai tác giả của cuốn sách đã đặt ra vấn đề: Tại sao thầy cô thường chỉ gặp phụ huynh khi học sinh mắc lỗi? Liệu có thể dùng những cuộc gặp mang ý nghĩa biểu dương học sinh và những thông tin tốt lành, tích cực để hạn chế những biểu hiện tiêu cực có thể xảy đến trong tương lai hay không? Khi một đứa trẻ được biết rằng thầy cô gọi điện hoặc gặp gỡ phụ huynh để tuyên dương hoặc chúc mừng, chúng sẽ có ý thức cố gắng như thế nào? Một phụ huynh khi đang ở nơi làm việc, được thầy cô gọi điện báo tin tốt lành về con cái, họ sẽ tự hào lan tỏa niềm hạnh phúc đến với đồng nghiệp và người thân trong gia đình ra sao? Đó là cách mà hai tác giả đặt ngược lại vấn đề quen thuộc, và do đó, tạo ra những khởi đầu tích cực cho mối quan hệ nhà trường - gia đình.
Về phía những chuyên viên quản lý giáo dục, cuốn sách sẽ giới thiệu một cách cụ thể cách làm thế nào để đưa phụ huynh đến gần hơn với trường học của con cái họ và tham gia vào việc giáo dục khi trẻ ở nhà. Và quan trọng hơn cả là hai nhà giáo dục Todd Whitaker và Douglas J.Fiore sẽ giúp thầy cô giảm bớt những ngần ngại ban đầu và tự tin trong việc ứng xử với phụ huynh thông qua việc thấu hiểu, tôn trọng và cách hành xử phù hợp với từng tình huống cụ thể.
This was a great read for teachers! I tend to avoid confrontation and get anxious when doing parent phone calls. This book provided a lot of great strategies to use and a mindset shift! I feel more confident in my ability to phone home and am excited to take charge in this area. It would have been 5 stars but the author repeated himself quite often. Definitely an easy and enjoyable read. Highly recommend for anyone in the education field!
This book for a seasoned teacher may seem a bit boring, but it is a great book to give to a new teacher or new admin. As a seasoned admin I felt this book was a good reminder of what to do in certain situations.
Cuốn sách hay và khá hữu ích dành cho giáo viên các cấp. Cuốn sách giúp người đọc hiểu rõ tâm lí của phụ huynh và biết cách ứng phó với các tình huống khó xử lí và giải quyết vấn đề một cách khéo léo. Cuốn sách hữu ích, có thể tham khảo.
I felt that I got a few new ideas from the book that I could personally implement, but overall I feel our school does a great job involving parents at school and making them feel welcome. Overall it was a good book and useful to a new teacher.
This is pretty 101 level (communicate positive information early on to build trust, etc), and some parts are more geared toward administrators, but it has some good stuff for new teachers.
The author gave some practical tips, however, it felt more slanted towards principals dealing with difficult parents. I guess I would keep this around as a resource for the future....my truly difficult parents tend to be few and far between (at least the ones I actually hear from).
This was a pretty basic book about dealing with difficult parents. It was geared more towards parents of students who are getting in trouble for something. Probably great for intermediate or middle school teachers! An updated version would be great because parents today who rely on electronic communication are very different than parents of 2001.
This is an every summer reading book! I am a HUGE fan of Todd W. and his simple reminders of how to do it better are exactly what I need to move forward and continue my own growth as an educator. The techniques are easy, but most importantly he stress the importance of working with parents to allow them into our school community. Until next July.....r
Like its companion Dealing with Difficult Teachers, Whitaker and Fiore provide practical and effective ideas for managing a variety of challenging situations in the schoolhouse. You might say to yourself, "That won't work", when reading some of the authors' suggestions. And then you try it, and it does.
I'm just about finished reading this for a class I'm taking online. It's basic information put in a "nice-to-read" format. Nothing too complex, but it validates alot of the work that I've been doing with difficult parents. Valuable read.
A good overview on how to deal with parents as a teacher, even though some of this may be outdated (published ~10 years ago); some of the sources definitely are. So helpful for a new teacher, especially someone who is really uncomfortable with confrontation.
Practical advice for dealing with parents in difficult situations. Written from the point of view of principals and teachers, I enjoyed the stories. The writing style was also very easy to read, very conversational. Best textbook I've had to read!
I loved it. I picked up the book and had a hard time putting down. There was so much useful information as a parent and also one who is around other parents in a school setting. Great for principals and teachers to help them deal with such individuals. Awesome. A must read for any teacher.
An interesting reminder on being professional when others are not. Some good advice, but at times I felt the author (a principal) was unnecessarily manipulative for little reason.
As a teacher this was pretty helpful. There are a lot of things that were common sense, but some good and new strategies. Most of the ideas worked pretty well for me, but you can't please everyone.
This book reads really well and has great practical and detailed advice on building relationships with parents of your students. I enjoyed the real life examples and dialogues that are provided.