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This infographic shares tips for parents and other family members to help enjoy an ongoing conversation with the children’s teachers and other school staff. This is a big key for each student’s success!
Available in Spanish: Comunicación Entre el Hogar y la Escuela
Also available in these Pacific island languages: Kajin Aelōñ Kein (Marshallese); Tekoi er a Belau (Palauan); Fóósun Chuuk (Chuukese); Kahs Kosrae (Kosraean); Mahsen en Pohnpei (Pohnpeian); and Thin nu Waqab (Yapese)
Academic Development Institute
To be sure you go away from a parent-teacher-student conference with all of the information you want, consider the suggestions in this tip sheet.
Available in Spanish: Preparandose para Una Conferencia de: Padre—Maestro—Estudiante
Considere las sugerencias que a continuación le ofrecemos para asegurarse de que cuando usted salga de la conferencia entre padres y maestros, se lleve consigo toda la información que usted quiere.
Academic Development Institute
This infographic shares the 7 Ps of school–family partnerships with lots of tips for great communication to support the work.
Peter Neeves for Edutopia
"A middle school principal on how teachers, students, and families have benefited from an initiative that guides students to take ownership of their learning." This method also helps students develop their cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational competencies.
Monique Strijk, Mariëtte Lusse, Marinka Kuijpers, & Ellen Klatter
"This study examined how career-related school–family partnership (SFP) procedures may contribute to parental involvement in students’ career development and which conditions facilitated this process. Three foundational SFP procedures were developed to incorporate career-related components: interactive home assignments, student–parent–teacher conferences, and collective student–parent meetings."
Vol 36, No 1 - Spring/Summer 2026
Rose Sebastian and Judy Paulick
"In this study, we analyzed survey responses, coaching transcripts, and pre- and post-coaching transcripts from 19 preservice teachers’ (PSTs) simulated parent–teacher conferences to understand how PSTs respond to sensitive disclosures and how their responses shift following coaching. We found that without support, even well-intentioned novices may respond to disclosures of family challenges in potentially relationship-harming ways."
Vol 34, No 2 - Fall/Winter 2024
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