May 17, 2022

Scared to have that conversation with THAT parent about THAT child? 

Behaviour management... Parents and Carers....Oh yes. We've all been there. 

When a child needs more support to help them learn at school and you know that support needs to involve home... it's time to pick up the phone and make a call. 

And yet,...

May 10, 2022

Working "sensitively" with parents and carers.. better check policies and consider how I show up... 

What does “sensitively” communicating with parents meant to you? 

 Often, the answers I hear or see are thoughts about policy, data security or sensitivity, having hard conversations... all of which are emotionally...

May 3, 2022

Building relationships with parents and carers can be really hard as a teacher  Relationships with parents and carers. 

Tricky right? 

Some of them are lovely, easy to get along with. Others imposing, tricky or just down right scary!? 

And yet, there are two whole focus areas in the Australian Professional Standards for...