Parent meeting in a non-traditional form in kindergarten
Leading:
We listened to the teacher, got acquainted with the principles, remembering which, you will learn to communicate correctly with your child. Now let's give the floor to the parents.
***Exercise “Family Commandments”
Parents make a small list of family commandments, customs, rules, prohibitions, habits, attitudes, views that all family members adhere to. Everyone reads out this list. This exercise allows you to compare your ideas about family life and upbringing with the ideas of others. Question for analysis: “Which commandments satisfy you and which do not?”
Leading:
And now we have a “cafe break”. Music directors will play with you. Musical game "Merry Round Dance".
***Exercise “Finish the sentence” (or “Spicy dish”).
The teacher begins the sentence and passes the baton to any parent who continues it. The exercise provides an opportunity to share with each other the experience of raising a child.
“Communication with a child is...” “Parents, through dialogue with the child, make him feel...” “My love for the child is...” “When strangers make comments to my child...” “If I see that my 4-year-old son is being “beaten.” “peer... “When a child makes me angry, I -...” “When my child behaves badly at the table...” “I start a conversation with the child about his bad deed...” “I forgive my child very quickly, because...” “If the child has done something wrong...” “The husband unfairly punished the child, I -...” “In our family, we have “punishment-reward” -...”
(if you find it difficult to continue, break the statement into parts).
Presenter: Station “Our Children”.
We will watch a video of your children and find out what they think about parenting issues.
1.
Video “Through the Mouth of a Child” (your children were asked the same tricky question “Are you raised at home? How?” The children’s answers, of course, will make you laugh...
2.
Presentation “Message to parents from a child.”
Host: “Cafe break” with physical education instructor M.V.
Kurbatova. Physical exercise "Journey to the forest." The train is leaving
Presenter:
As we see from the video, some children associate the word “education” with the word “punishment.” Think about this, dear parents...
And we are approaching the “Punishment and Reward” station
, where we are met by an educational psychologist
Dear parents! I'll start with the questionnaires (analyzes).
Raising a child is a complex pedagogical process and it is not possible without punishment and encouragement. How do parents punish their children? Your answers: - put in a corner; - deprived of pleasures, such as going to the store for shopping or visiting; - limit watching animated films and playing games on the computer; - change the intonation of the voice, facial expression; - discuss the offense, have a heart-to-heart talk. Indeed, these are acceptable methods of punishment. It should be remembered that corporal punishment, ignoring a child for a long time, deprivation of love and affection are not allowed. The action, the undesirable act, is condemned and punished, not the child’s personality. What is punishment? Punishment is not at all the action of the punisher, but what happens in the soul of the child being punished, what he experiences at the same time. From a psychological point of view, this is a well-known unpleasant, oppressive feeling of shame and humiliation, which you want to get rid of as quickly as possible and never worry about again. Without this feeling, punishment is just an open act of violence. It is not educational. Punishment has a triple meaning: the child must understand, realize his action, correct himself and not do it again. How are things going with incentives? They are more effective as an educational tool. If punishment only stops bad actions, then encouragement focuses on good ones and reinforces them. The best reward for a child is the knowledge that he brought joy to his loved ones, and a gift in addition only symbolizes this. From the parents' answers it follows that they generally do not experience any particular difficulties in raising their child. Some parents note that their children are sometimes disobedient, stubborn, and restless. At preschool age, children's voluntary behavior is not yet sufficiently developed. They are impulsive and restless. With the right educational influence, these shortcomings are corrected with age. The main thing, as already said today, is to accept your child for who he is, understand and love him.
Non-traditional parent meeting “One day in the life of a modern kindergarten”
Marina Buravikhina
Non-traditional parent meeting “One day in the life of a modern kindergarten”
Full name of the author of the work: Buravikhina Marina
Municipal autonomous preschool educational institution kindergarten "Skazka"
, With. Rzhanitsa
Area: working with parents
Goal: to show in practice the importance of teaching and raising preschool children.
Tasks:
1. Create a relaxed, comfortable environment.
2. Involve parents in active work .
3. Expand the knowledge and ideas of parents about the image of a modern child and his parents .
4. Increase the level of cooperation between kindergarten and parents .
5. Increase the level of pedagogical culture of parents .
Abstract: a general parent meeting in a non-traditional form is designed for parents of children attending preschool educational institutions from 1.5 to 8 years old. During the meeting, parents are not only listeners, but also active participants. During the event, a discussion is held about modern children , modern parents and provides the opportunity to see one day in the life of a kindergarten . The parent meeting is accompanied by children's performances, presentations, and a video.
*The material can be used by teachers in working with parents of any age group, at any period of the school year (beginning of the school year: introduction to the educational process, end of the school year: summing up, progress report). Practical activities can be replaced, supplemented, expanded.
(Registration of parents is accompanied by a musical presentation “Our favorite kindergarten "
).
— Hello, dear parents , it’s very nice to see you in this bright and cozy room. I hope that our meeting will give you the opportunity to relax, take something new for yourself and be happy for your children! Before starting our event, I suggest you close your eyes and imagine your child for a second: “What is he like?”
,
“Would you like him to be different, or maybe the same as everyone else?”
. Have you thought about it? I am sure that each of you has decided that your child is the best, the dearest, the most, the most... and it will always be so! After all, any child is a unique, unique world - he is a person with his own point of view, his own unique abilities, and the task of adults is to find the time and desire to learn to understand this! the world, help it grow up, preserving and protecting this uniqueness.
-Time does not stand still, the world is changing, becoming modern , and the concept of “ modern children ”
.
We often say: children today are not the same as they were before. So what are they like today's children ? Please think! Answer this question ( parents' )
parents' responses :
Modern children they:
• Smart, persistent, demanding, independent, sociable;
• informed and erudite;
• Aware of the world around them, because they live in an era of information boom;
• Very mobile and hyperactive;
• They depend on technology and cannot imagine their life without gadgets and computers;
• They do not have heroes and idols;
• They do not hear instructions and orders;
• Often violate generally accepted rules and prohibitions.
• They do not tolerate violence.
• Any persuasion or methods of persuasion have no effect on them.
It’s just that modern children have a modern childhood !
The life of a child in the 21st century has changed very much and is closely related to the capabilities of parents . From an early age, a child is surrounded by television, radio, cinema, computer games, the Internet, he can master a mobile phone, computer, television faster than an adult, learns how to handle them, but often acquires restlessness, unstable attention, and the inability to concentrate on one thing for a long time. business. Modern children can simultaneously listen to a fairy tale and draw or assemble a construction set, but are sometimes unable to sit still during a conversation.
— The child listens to and watches the same songs and TV shows his parents goes with his family to cafes and restaurants, goes abroad on vacation, travels; knowledgeable about car brands and advertising. However, thanks to modern educational and computer technologies, the child’s psyche becomes unstable. day he is faced with such huge flows of information that not every organism can withstand it. [3]
Modern children are neither difficult nor easy. They are ordinary children who, like a hundred years ago, still need the warmth and care of their parents . Modern parents !
-What can we say about modern parents , who are they? [3] Despite the fact that there is a digital generation gap, modern parents are also becoming different. The emergence of new technologies has led us to the fact that parents in many ways cannot convey their life experience to their child . Who is the modern parent ? The one who raises children in a modern . Taking information about raising children most often from the Internet, and absorbing it from completely contradictory sources, mothers and fathers, even before the baby is born, try to write something like a script for his future life . And, of course, the best scenario is how to raise a genius.
— Modern parents want their children to grow up as bright, creative individuals, able to make independent decisions and overcome difficulties that arise. However, the modern parent deprives the child of independence. It must be remembered that there is no need to do for the child what he can do himself. If a child has already learned, for example, to eat or dress without the help of an adult, then give him the opportunity to do it on his own! The desire for independence must be encouraged in every possible way, and not discouraged. Very often , parents react to their child’s inept attempts to do something on their own like this: “Don’t interfere!”, “Move away,” “You’re still small, you can’t handle it, I’ll do it myself. ”
I’ll do everything,” etc. Of course, you can dress the child faster than he can do it himself, or feed him without dirtying his clothes and everything around him, but then you will interfere with the child’s increasing independence. [3]
— Parents strive to send their children to state kindergartens , where they will receive guaranteed preschool education in accordance with modern standards . Many modern families are waiting for “pumping up”
their children with knowledge, skills, and various competencies so that their child can be competitive when entering school, university, or a prestigious job.
The fact that parents are looking for better options for the development and upbringing of their children is, of course, nothing new. The novelty is that they are afraid of choosing the wrong path for their child’s development. As soon as a child enters a preschool institution, parental in the upbringing and development of the child is limited. They have the opinion that in kindergarten they will teach and teach him everything.
— A kindergarten is a child’s second family, in which he lives a safe and interesting life. Modern children are happy to go to kindergarten , they love it!
— Preschool age is an important stage in a child’s life , when quality acquisitions occur in all areas of the child’s development. Based on children's curiosity, an interest in learning will develop. The cognitive abilities and activity of a preschooler will become the fundamental basis for the formation of theoretical thinking. The ability to communicate with adults and peers will allow you to move on to educational cooperation.
— Throughout the children’s entire stay in the preschool, we are teachers nearby. We watch children grow, help each other, cooperate and be friends, learn from each other, celebrate holidays, participate in competitions, rejoice at the children’s achievements and experience failures together. Each of our children is special, each has their own talents and abilities. Today we will show you how our days go.
Poem, song “
Kindergarten ” (school preparatory group)
Every day , except weekends, our kindergarten is waiting for its students. The morning begins in the locker room, where our guys show their independence. As a rule, it is not every morning that children get up cheerful and in a good mood. Some of them did not get enough sleep and therefore are capricious, others do not want to part with their mother. And the teacher’s task is to calm his pupil. As a rule, this does not take much time. Children very quickly become charged with a good mood and take on their daily activities with enthusiasm.
- What do you think these things are? ( parents' )
Morning exercises are an essential necessity for a child's body . In addition, gymnastics allows you to wake up 100%, gives you a boost of vivacity and energy for the whole day and lifts your spirits, turning into a real theatrical performance.
“Do exercises”
(flash mob with children)
- One of the important factors that improves health is nutrition. Proper nutrition is the foundation of health and longevity, so it is very important to follow the rules of rational nutrition at all age periods of a person’s life .
— During their stay in kindergarten , children learn to set tables, be on duty, improve correct and safe behavior at the table, in a word, they master the food culture as a whole.
Presentation “Healthy Eating”
(photo of children
“Duty”
,
“Serving”
,
“Eating”
)
— As you know, the tasks of a kindergarten include not only supervision and care, but also educational activities with children, the goal of which is the comprehensive development of both physical and mental abilities of preschoolers.
— One of the target points at the stage of completing preschool education is speech development. With the help of speech, a child can express his thoughts and desires, and he develops the prerequisites for literacy.
(Speech development game “Literacy”
) – preparatory group
— Preschoolers are born researchers, and this is confirmed by their curiosity, constant desire to experiment, and desire to comprehend the path of knowledge. Cognitive activity contributes to the formation of elementary mathematical concepts. These are shape, color, size, quantity, number, movement and rest, space and time, cause and effect...
(Math game)
- senior group.
— What other educational activities are carried out in kindergarten , what classes do your children take? Do you know, remember? ( parents' )
- That's right, this is drawing, modeling, appliqué, getting to know your surroundings, music, physical education.
Musical activities include listening, singing, songwriting, musical and rhythmic movements, musical play and dance creativity, as well as playing children's musical instruments. From a young age, children begin to play with rattles, wooden spoons, pipes, and metallophones. We observe all the children’s achievements at holidays, entertainment, and theme nights.
Presentation “Our Holidays”
— Motor activity is a natural need for movement, the satisfaction of which is the most important condition for comprehensive development and education. An important place in the motor mode is occupied by outdoor games, holidays, entertainment, and physical education.
Presentation “Fizkulthello!”
— Hard work is one of the most important moral qualities of a person. The work activity of preschool children is characterized by an interest in the process of action itself. In the process of work, children practically learn the properties of the things around them, observe the growth and changes of plants, examine animals, getting acquainted with their living conditions, etc. They compare, contrast, and strive to independently find the answer to endless “whys.” They develop curiosity and educational interests. Labor strengthens children physically, since they perform many types of work outdoors (watering a flower garden, garden bed, fetching water, shoveling snow, etc.)
. Children become capable of exerting their strength and overcoming difficulties. In the process of work, issues of aesthetic education of children are carried out - the ability to see the beauty of the surrounding nature, the beauty of creations created by human hands, the ability to notice and eliminate shortcomings in the environment and strive to create something beautiful.
Dance "Wash"
- middle group
— Children grow up very quickly. And now your child, yesterday’s baby, has already grown up and will soon go to school.
Now the main thing in his life is study . In everyday life, school readiness is often understood primarily as the ability to read and count. This belief is fundamentally wrong. The main thing is that the child has motivation for learning, knowledge and creativity. It is more important to develop memory, attention, thinking, imagination.
All this develops in the game. Often modern children do not know how to play. The family does not give the game the importance it deserves. Parents consider it a waste of time.
The child is praised for writing a letter, for reading a word, and almost never for playing.
Play activity is the basis of the mental development of a preschooler. In play, a child learns about the world around him, his thinking, speech, feelings, will develop, relationships with peers are formed, and self-esteem and self-awareness are formed. The game creates arbitrariness of behavior.
Dear parents , give your children the opportunity to “finish the game”
so that their studies at school become successful and bring them joy.
(Outdoor game with modules)
– junior group
Presentation "This is How We Play"
- From morning until evening the garden is noisy and fun. Games, activities, entertainment, exhibitions, competitions fill our lives . We never get bored.
— A child is a planet that develops according to its own internal laws and principles. An adult plays an important role in the development and maturation of every child, bearing responsibility to him. Parents are the first teachers, whether they are modern or not . Without you, dear parents , the pedagogical process cannot be called complete; the status of the institution largely depends on your participation! This is your understanding, participation in kindergarten , holidays, exhibitions, competitions, projects, repairs.
— At the very beginning of our meeting we talked about modern children , but the concept of happy children is important.
Happiness is when a dream comes true, when you get what you want most in the world, when you achieve what you have been striving for for a long time and persistently.
Happiness is limited and fleeting, because in life there are always new dreams, new desires and new goals.
Unfortunately, most often parents and children have slightly different ideas about happiness. Parents sometimes believe that if a child is fed and well dressed, then he is happy. In fact, it is not so easy to determine whether a child is happy or not, and what is needed for this.
Video “What is happiness”
(children’s answers)
Dear parents ! So our meeting has come to an end. I would like to hear your impressions and wishes! ( parents' , questions)
I wish you and your children health, good luck and patience! Be happy!
See you again!
Bibliography:
1. Federal state educational standard for preschool education.
2. Basic general education program of preschool education “From birth to school”
edited by N. E. Veraksy, T. S. Komarova, M. A. Vasilyeva, 2016.
2. Work program of the music director of the Moscow kindergarten “Fairy Tale”
.
3. A. I. Barkan. Modern parents . What are they?
Consultation for teachers “Non-traditional forms of holding parent-teacher meetings”
Olga Yakovenko
Consultation for teachers “Non-traditional forms of holding parent-teacher meetings”
Non-traditional forms of holding parent meetings
“Seminar – workshop”
.
parents , psychologist and other specialists can speak at the meeting Together with parents , problem situations are played out or solved; elements of training may be present. The topic and presenter are determined; they can be either a teacher parents or invited specialists. For example, let’s take the topic “The role of play in the speech development of children
.
A short theoretical message is prepared, then parents are invited to watch several games that children play in kindergarten.
Think about what aspects of speech development are practiced in these games. Remember the games that they themselves played in childhood and which they can teach their children, their value from the point of view of speech development. "Sincere conversation"
.
The meeting is not intended for all parents , but only for those whose children have common problems (communicating with peers, aggressiveness, etc.)
.
For example, a child is left-handed. with parents in order to better understand the characteristics of their children. And to determine exactly what degree of left-handedness the child has: weak or severe. The problem is discussed from all sides, experts may be invited. Parents are given recommendations on the developmental characteristics of such a child. Parents are offered various tasks for left-handed children in order to develop motor skills of both hands.
Psychological problems associated with left-handedness are discussed. "Master Class"
.
A meeting at which parents demonstrate their achievements in raising children. The meeting has a preparatory stage: the teacher invites several parents to conduct a small lesson - to share their experience in developing children, for example, coherent speech. Parents give practical advice, show a role-playing scene or game, for example, composing “Find out by description”
.
At the end of the meeting, the results are summed up , and parents are offered to choose the most valuable tips, which are posted on the “Piggy Bank
of Parental Experience ” .
«Pedagogical laboratory»
.
It is recommended to carry out at the beginning or end of the year. They discuss the participation of parents in various events. A questionnaire “
Parent – child – kindergarten” .
Either planned events are discussed, or past ones are analyzed and results are summed up. At the beginning of the year, a survey is carried out so that the teacher gets to know the child better and his characteristics. Parents are introduced to the events planned for the year, parents' , what help and support they can provide in the planned events, as well as their wishes and suggestions for the school year. At the end of the year, at such meetings , the results of the past year are summed up, achievements and mistakes are assessed and analyzed.
"Readers' Conference"
.
2 weeks in advance, parents are informed about the topic of the meeting and are offered material on this topic. is carried out before the meeting , where parents are given some task on the stated topic. The prepared task is discussed from various positions. The teacher asks to comment on this or that statement, illuminates the essence of the topic and asks questions during the discussion. For example, at what age should you seek help from a speech therapist? Several statements are offered, and parents comment , discuss these statements, and share their opinions on this issue.
"Auction"
.
The meeting takes place in the form of “selling”
useful tips on a selected topic in a playful
way . For example, the formation of phonemic perception. The teacher gives the concept - phonemic perception. Together with parents , he analyzes why it is so important to develop it in a child, then invites parents to share advice , their experience, what games and techniques can be used to develop . Everything happens in the form of a game and chips are given for each advice (i.e., tips are sold for chips)
.
The councils that have collected the most chips are placed on the “Piggy Bank
of Parental Experience ” .
"Talk show"
.
A meeting of this form implies a discussion of one problem from different points of view, detailing the problem and possible ways to solve it. Parents , educators, and specialists perform at the talk show For example, let's take the crisis of 3 years. Parents are offered various situations; they need to be considered from different points of view, always giving reasons for them. The key concepts of the 3-year crisis are defined, the causes are jointly identified, then the opinions of psychologists are read out. All positions are discussed together. Parents themselves determine how to solve the problem.
"Evenings of questions and answers"
.
Beforehand, parents are given the task of thinking through and formulating the questions that most concern them. By discussing them with specialists and other parents , choose the best ways to solve them.
"Brainstorm"
. A method of collective mental activity that allows one to achieve understanding of each other when a common problem is personal for the whole group.
"Reverse Brain Attack, or Smash"
.
This method differs from “brainstorming”
in that instead of postponing evaluative actions, it is proposed to show maximum criticality, pointing out all the shortcomings and weaknesses of the process, system, and ideas. This ensures that a solution is prepared to overcome the shortcomings.
"List of adjectives and definitions"
.
Such a list of adjectives identifies various qualities, properties and characteristics of an object, activity or person that need to be improved. First, qualities or characteristics (adjectives) are proposed, then they are considered individually and it is decided in what way the corresponding characteristic can be improved or strengthened. For example, “How would you like to see your child’s speech on the threshold of school?”
Parents
list the qualities, i.e. . adjectives, and then jointly formulate ways to achieve the goal.
“Collective record”
.
Each participant receives a notebook or sheet of paper where the problem is formulated and the information or recommendations necessary to solve it are given. Parents , independently of each other, determine the most important recommendations for them and write them down in a notebook. Then the notes are given to the teacher , he summarizes them, and the group has a discussion . After this technique, you can use brainstorming
.
"Writing on sheets"
.
When discussing a problem, each parent receives sheets of paper for notes. The teacher formulates the problem and asks everyone to suggest possible solutions. Each sentence is written on a separate sheet. The problem must be formulated clearly . For example, “How to involve a child in doing homework
,” each
parent writes his own version , then all opinions are discussed.
A ban on criticism is introduced. "Heuristic questions"
.These include 7 key questions: Who, What, Where, How, With What, When?
(Why)
.
If you mix these questions together, you get 21 options. By consistently drawing out and answering such mixed questions, parents can gain a new, interesting perspective on the problem. For example, 1 and 5 in combination - who does what? By consistently drawing out such mixed and non-standard questions and answering them, parents see non-standard ways to solve them.
Solving problematic problems of family education encourages parents to search for the most appropriate form of behavior , exercises logic and evidence-based reasoning, and develops a sense of pedagogical tact . Similar problematic situations are offered for discussion. You punished the child, but later it turned out that he was not to blame. What will you do and why exactly? Or: your three-year-old daughter is playing pranks in the cafeteria, where you went briefly - laughing, running between the tables, waving her arms. You, thinking about the rest of those present, stopped her, sat her down at the table and sternly reprimanded her. What kind of reaction to the actions of parents can be expected from a child who does not yet know how to understand the needs of other people? What experience can a child gain in this situation?
Role-playing family situations enriches the arsenal of ways of parental behavior and interaction with the child. For example, the following task is given: please play out how you will establish contact with a crying child, etc.
Training game exercises and tasks. Parents evaluate different ways of influencing the child and forms of addressing him , choose more successful ones, replace unwanted ones with constructive ones (instead of “Why didn’t you put your toys away again?” - “I have no doubt that these toys obey their owner”). Or parents must determine why such words addressed to a child are unconstructive: “It’s a shame!”, “I’m not satisfied with your “I want”, you never know what you want!”, “What would you do without me (eh?”, “ How can you do this to me!” etc. Tasks can be performed in this form : the teacher begins the phrase: “Doing well at school means.” or “For me, dialogue with a child means.” The mother or father must complete the sentence .
Analysis by parents of a child’s behavior helps them understand the motives of his actions, mental and age-related needs.
Appeal to the experience of parents . The teacher suggests : “Name a method of influence that helps you more than others in establishing relationships with your son or daughter?” Or: “Has there been a similar case in your practice? Tell us about it, please,” or: “Remember what reaction the use of rewards and punishments evokes in your child,” etc. Encouraging parents to share experiences activates their need to analyze their own successes and failures, correlate them with methods and methods of education, used in similar situations by other parents .
Playful interaction between parents and children in various forms of activity (drawing, modeling, sports games, theatrical activities, etc.)
contributes to the acquisition of experience in partnerships.
The proposed methods provide parents with the opportunity to model their behavior in a play environment. When a parent models his own behavior in a game, his view of the educational problem expands.
The effectiveness of work with parents is evidenced by :
- parents interest in the content of the educational process with their children;
- the emergence of discussions and debates on their initiative;
- answers to parents’ questions themselves ; giving examples from your own experience;
- an increase in the number of questions to the teacher regarding the child’s personality and his inner world;
- the desire of adults for individual contacts with the teacher;
- parents’ on the correctness of using certain methods of education;
- increasing their activity in analyzing pedagogical situations , solving problems and discussing controversial issues.
Types of parent meetings .
1. Introductory meeting
If a new class teacher comes to the class, it is important for parents to get to know him , it is important to understand what kind of person will communicate with their children for at least six to eight hours every day during the work week. The teacher conducts introductory once and precisely for this purpose - to allow parents information about themselves . The teacher can talk about his qualifications, work experience and plans for further work with children. During the same meeting , the class teacher can ask parents all the questions that interest him about the children. Therefore, such a meeting should be organized some time after the new teacher starts working, so that he has time to get comfortable, get to know the children and collect minimal information . However, there is no need to delay either. It is optimal to organize an orientation meeting at the end of the first week of school.
This type of meeting has one extremely important goal - to create a trusting relationship between parents and teacher , which will become the foundation for further competent work that benefits children. It is worth understanding that it is during this meeting that the teacher will receive a huge portion of new information , which he will need to try not to forget, not to “throw into the wind”
.
A reasonable decision on the part of the teacher would be to conduct a survey of parents , adding all the most important questions to the questionnaires. any additional information immediately after the meeting .
2. Scheduled meetings
Scheduled parent-teacher conferences must be held at the end of each school term or term. During these meetings, the teacher’s task is to provide parents with all the important information about the children’s work over the last period of time. Parents, in turn, can ask all the questions that interest them. The main goal of such meetings is to inform parents in a timely manner about the successes and problems of their children, about changes in school life and about future plans. And if during the quarter most parents do not have time to communicate with the teacher, then by attending a meeting once every one and a half to two months, parents can learn the most important thing that will help them stay informed about the school life of their children.
All planned parent meetings are an integral part of the school process, and each meeting must be recorded by the teacher immediately upon completion. When preparing for the next scheduled meeting , it would not hurt the teacher to review the minutes of the last meetings in order to remind parents of the issues that were discussed earlier and to draw a conclusion about the effectiveness of the work done over the past period.
3. Emergency meetings
However, in every class, sooner or later, a situation may arise in which the teacher cannot wait another month to discuss it with the parents . Emergency parent meetings are convened if a problem arises that requires immediate adult intervention. Such a problem, for example, could be bullying within a children's group. And although very often such problems directly affect only specific children or a small group of children, and not all students, it is absolutely important that all parents come to such a meeting . It must be remembered that a school class is a living organism, each cell of which can depend on another, neighboring one. Therefore, parents make a significant contribution to the comfortable education of their own children, becoming involved in the problems of their classmates. As John Donne wrote: “No man is like an island by himself.”
. So in the school class there is not a single child who would be on his own, who would not be affected by what happens to other children.
Although the problems can be completely different, it is extremely rare that they turn out to be unique. And for the teacher this is very good news. When faced with a particular problem, a teacher can always ask for advice from his colleagues with relevant experience, and, perhaps, familiarize himself with the minutes of parent meetings , at which similar situations have already been dealt with. Thus, the teacher will be able to tell parents about really working methods of overcoming the obstacles that have arisen.
4. Consultation meetings
Most parent-teacher conferences are a meeting between a group of parents and the class teacher. But sometimes other subject teachers working with the class can become meeting leaders Consultation meetings , as a rule, are held irregularly and can also be convened on the initiative of parents . At such a meeting, the invited teacher can talk in more detail about the successes of the class and each individual child, and recommend additional literature or educational practices to those parents who would like their child to deepen their knowledge in a particular subject.
Unfortunately, if we were to rank the most frequently skipped
meetings by parents , this type of meeting would be at the top . Many parents feel that talking about just one specific school subject is just a waste of time. A teacher who is going to hold such a meeting should carefully think through the structure of the meeting and announce in advance all the topics that will be raised at the meeting . Parents will be more willing to come if they understand that during an hour-long meeting they will not only find out how easy it is for their child to learn English, for example, but will also receive a variety of practical advice on working with their child outside of school hours.
5. Meetings-lectures and meetings-trainings
Any teacher will agree that a child’s success depends not only on how competently the teacher’s , or how resourceful the atmosphere in the classroom is. If for some reason a child does not receive the attention he needs at home, blind spots may appear in his personal development. As a rule, all parents face the same problems in raising children. And it is in the interests of the class teacher to help parents learn to cope with these problems, because the atmosphere in the classroom will depend on the atmosphere in the house. This can be done during special parent meetings !
The teacher can conduct a parent survey to find out which topics are most relevant at the moment. Perhaps parents want to know how to help their child become interested in reading, science, or sports? Or do they want to find out from a specialist how to find a common language with a teenager? Often, parents of high school students do not know how to talk to their children about issues related to sexuality. The class teacher can gather parents to discuss all the difficulties that arise in a comfortable and confidential conversation and, having prepared in advance, give competent advice. Also, the teacher can conduct such a meeting not independently, but by inviting experts in the topic raised, for example, child psychologists.
6. Meetings with children
At least once a year, many schools hold parent-teacher meetings with invited guests—children. , as a rule, parents to these meetings with great interest. For them, this is a rather rare opportunity to see their children in a school setting: to see how children communicate with the teacher and with each other. At such meetings, children in various forms can share their successes, demonstrate skills acquired in school lessons, and talk about themselves and their classmates. If these meetings are held in a friendly atmosphere, parents can be sure that they have not made a mistake. send your children to this particular school.
With all this, the teacher should not think that such a meeting does not require serious preparation and moderation. The teacher should write out the meeting plan in detail, discuss in advance with the children what they are ready to do and what they are ready to talk about during the meeting, so that the event is comfortable for both parents and children.
7. Other collections of unusual formats
there are actually much more possible types of parent meetings Each parent meeting pursues a specific goal or several goals: to find solutions to problems faced by students, to establish trusting relationships with parents , to help parents cope with difficulties in raising the younger generation, etc.
An experienced teacher should know what type of meeting will most effectively discuss what is on the agenda. Moreover, he can always come up with some new and unusual way to bring parents together for an effective pastime . Perhaps parents should watch and discuss the documentary together, and the teacher is ready to moderate this discussion? Or will the class teacher consider it necessary to invite parents and their children to a picnic in order to organize their pleasant and comfortable communication? There can be an endless number of options.
