This reading was very interest the section on Misconceptions Among Stakeholders have caught my attention. Basically it’s talking most about the relationship between teachers and parents and how trust is the most important thing between the two parties. The question arises to ask if families are serious indulge in their child education. The Misconceptions about when, how, what, and if families are meaningfully engaged in their children’s education continues to be a predominant issue in fostering
School-family connections. The misconception comes from between teachers and parents: teachers and families hold about each other’s motivation, practices, and beliefs. When there is an atmosphere of mistrust, it is difficult for educators and family members to create effective school-family partnerships to support student learning. I think that parents rely too much on teachers to be the one that’s responsible for educating their children. It’s truth that teacher are an important fact in a child’s learning because children spend most on their time in school learning out of a 24 hour day children spent between 7-10 in school.
Parents need to not see only rely on teachers; they have to do their part to. I look at it this way, parents can plant the seed on educating their children and teacher would help care and tend the seed. But parents and students are responsible for how that seed flourishes. An example is given that family members often state that teachers or schools do not want their involvement or input, yet an overwhelming majority of families trust teachers to give them needed information. I don’t think teacher don’t totally wants parents input, it just how much of an input parents want in the class. Teacher would expect criticism but they don’t want parents telling them how to run their classroom. Parents for eg if your kid is not doing well in school, parents need to be the one to council with the teachers and see what additional help can be given to improve their learning.
An article on Teacher-Parent partnership: http://www.pbs.org/parents/goingtoschool/parent_teacher.html
