4 Liaising with parents

Objectives

• Understand the need to liaise and communicate with parents.
• Develop ideas about how best to liaise with parents.

Time

One 2 hour session

Tutor’s guidance

Session 1: Liaising with parents

Resources

Presentation 1: Parents visiting school

Presentation 2: Don’ts of informal meetings

Handout 1: Opening up the dialogue with parents

Handout 2: Parent meeting contents

Presentation 3: Avoiding pitfalls