Though this was a challenging leaning experience, I feel confident that as a teacher, I can now sit down, look at data, and make instructional decisions in order to plan a parent night that benefits my students and their parents (NCTCS 1a).
I found an article about planning a math family night. The article stressed the importance of deciding on two or three main goals of the night and tackling them rather than trying to handle more than you can in the short period of time given for a parent night. The article also suggested posting these goals during the planning process so you don't lose sight of the goals. The author of the article suggested that while the night should be fun and interesting, to keep in mind that it is also short and brief. Remembering that the night is brief is key in making sure that the night is informational as well as fun and engaging.
Tomorrow I present my Action Plan to one of the Assistant Principals of my school. I am excited to get his input and ideas. I am also excited to demonstrate my teacher leader qualities. I hope we will be able to host our 4th grade math parent night next semester. I will definitely use these article tips in working with admin and teachers as we move forward with the planning process.
Leslea,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this blog post because we can all relate as we are planning our parent involvement night! Your article provided great insight and tips for planning a math night. I plan to use some of these ideas and tweak some of these goals to make it fit into my literacy night that I am planning for my grade level! I think your math night is going to be successful if you apply these strategies that you have found in this article! Good luck!!!
Leslea,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your planning process for LE6! Your confidence is so encouraging; I cannot help but think of how much better prepared we will be as we walk into our first year of teaching, especially after completing learning experiences like this one. How exciting that you are able to present your Action plan to the Assistant Principal! I cannot wait to hear how it goes! I have no doubt that your parent night will be informative, fun, and successful! Have a wonderful weekend.
-Meredith
P.S. LOVE the tip about keeping it on the shorter side, in order to keep parents and families engaged. I needed this reminder! I can't wait to dig into the article you shared. Love you!
Awesome! This is great Leslea. I could imagine planning anything for math to parents could be a challenge. I am glad you are on the ball and finding new ways in which to hone in on your teacher leader skills. As DP and DC always remind us, each day in the class or school is an interview for our future employment possibly! I also like the fact that you mention the length of the project. Parents are certainly tired at the end of the day and we want to be informative to them, but also not take up all of their afternoon. I hope all goes well with your Principal, if he is anything like mine, he will love it.
ReplyDeleteLeslea,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great blog! I love the different ideas for planning a solid math parent night. I think that we all should be researching different ways to plan a parent night, because that is so crucial to our LE 6. Also, knowing how to plan a parent night can definitely help us as future teachers.
Leslea,
ReplyDeleteDo you know how AWESOME it is to have a student teacher already talking about ways she can be a teacher leader?????? WOW. Go Leslea go!