effective communication teacher-parents

The Importance of  building good communication between teacher – parents

In my TEFL class, my lecturer once said “If the child is naughty, just look to his/her parents meanwhile if the students are naughty then just look to their teacher.” I think that is make senses since children spent almost every day in school and home. They will often face to face with their teacher at school and meet with their parents at home. In case, if their children have a problem in school then ideally the teacher will communicate it with their parents. It is because teacher is like parents’ partner in educating their children. However, to build such a good communication with parents is not an easy matter. Parents just like their children, they have different characteristics and the teacher should be able to deal with it. In another case, teacher also often face the parents whom are very busy and do not have a time to communicate with the teacher. In short, both of teacher and parents may not be rely their children on one party only. Both of them should be cooperative and maintain a good communication to control their children’s progress.