A good relationship between teachers and children's parents is extremely important in encouraging the the children's academic progress. However, most relationships between parents and teachers are negative and unhealthy regardless of the children's performance (Morrison, 2013). According to Morrison, this negativity affects the children's performance to a great extent.
Of the thirty tutors I interviewed, only 6 maintained good relationships with student's parents that they did not previously know. The rest of the tutors only maintained good relationships with relatives and close neighbors that they were close and familiar with. One third of the teachers kept a good relationship with siblings of their students that were either student leaders or good performers in their classes. The results of the study approved Palmer's conclusion of a high probability of poor relationships.
Restoring parent-teacher relationships
parents involvement programs
Ferlazzo and Hammond assert that parents tend to be irritated by policies imposed on their children. They feel pushed to follow instructions and programs enacted by school administrations. To get the parents to have a sense of pride and belonging, Ferlazzo and Hammond insist that their involvement in decision making is extremely important. I believe that parental involvement in decision making will give them the energy to support and run the ideas they believe are the best options for their children.
Interactive Homework
The six types of family involvement
basing on the six types of family involvement in a children's overall performance, my strategic model addresses the issues across all six elements by ensuring that parents develop and maintain stable communication with their children's tutors. Moreover, the homework that ensures the possibility of continuing learning at home enables the collaboration of the community to contribute to the children's academic progress. Finally, the decision making opportunities gives the participants the morale necessary to support academic and co-curricula activities in the schools.
Child guidance
common behavioral issues
One of the most occurring behavior among children I observed is lying in the case where they know them made mistakes. 80% of children will lie to either avoid punishment or embarrassment. Some may be too shy to admit they made mistakes but most of them are dishonest to protect their reputation. I observed that whenever the tutor secludes them to question them in private, they admit their mistakes and revert their false stories to true occurrences.
Defiance is a common habit affecting over 70% of school-going children especially those involved in sibling rivalry. They tend to reject and oppose any instruction before they even comprehend the entire meaning. Most defiant children oppose suggestions from their peers and gradually proceed to oppose their seniors (elder siblings, parents and teachers).
A good disciplinarian is consistent and particular with their rules and regulations. By relying consistently on the rules and instructions to guide the children, they learn to observe the method of solution every time they make a mistake thereby relying too on the system of rules provided.
It is also extremely important for the teachers to communicate their expectations and be firm in teaching the children the both logical and natural consequences of their actions. This communication ensures the children follow a guideline in their daily activities. When the teacher follows a definite and consistent method to guide and discipline the students, they learn to depend on the system structure aht will cause them to avoid developing a bad attitude towards their teachers or parents.
The twelve steps for guiding behavior
The teachers' decision to strictly adhere to a specific governing structure of rules and discipline methods, they are able to guide children efficiently. For instance, when a parent or teacher is determined to help a child to drop a bad habit or addiction, a specific pattern of activities are lawful. The parent should also obey the the law they teach to gain their children's confidence. In Morrison's twelve steps for guiding behavior, discipline is a major factor in obeying the instructions in order to achieve the desirable results.
As an ECE professional
In my experience in fieldwork in noticed the dependence of the children on their teachers to mold them into their character, beliefs and future careers. I was amazed by the reality of dependence and the importance of sobriety in guiding this young children in their early classes. Their early education is extremely important to their choices and exposure in their future.
I also discovered the tension evident between parents and teachers as they disagree on the methods necessary in education such as disciplining methods, and ethical standards. It is interesting to observe both young and old parents closely attending to all of their children's welfare and activity causing major disagreements with teachers yet without experience in the profession of early childhood training.
I was mostly amazed by the nature of young children; they do not discriminate against each other or their teachers. They are fair in their judgment basing on what their teachers tell them and are ready to change their beliefs and behaviors at the command of their teacher.
The children's strong faith in their teachers made me aware of the accuracy of content and knowledge I fed them. Noticing how they accepted the information I provided, I learned to be keen on what I say and I decided to desist from meaningless jokes or myths that did not have any facts or evidence. I believe I performed well because I only provided relevant information that will enable the children to be good citizens once they grow up if they believed in the information. I also learned that I disliked meaningless myths.
Work Cited
Morrison, George S. Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education. , 2014. Print.
