If you had to plan a parent teacher event?

Question

what would it be about and what would you do

Answer 1

I worked in childcare for 7 years and attended many parent-teacher events.  Some of them were:

Pancake Breakfast (Have a morning where they serve pancakes in a rec room or cafeteria)

Mother's day breakfast (Mom's come to the room and receive presents from their children.  They have bagels, fruit, etc for breakfast and eat with teachers and children.)

Father's day happy hour (Around 4:00 in the afternoon fathers come and have root beer and popcorn with their children and teachers.)

Game night (Each room in the center has some type of game and the families rotate through the center like a carnival.)

Family Picnics (Invite families to come to a local park and ask for volunteers to bring different items.  (Plates, utensils, napkins, desserts, hot dogs, buns, chips, drinks, etc)  You can post a sign up sheet  on the front doors of the center or classroom doors.

This is really fun!

Answer 2

Parent education nights are also something parents get involved in.  Have a parent committee that gets together and chooses a topic.  We often have:

--What is Montessori Education?  (Insert your own style in place of Montessori)

--Parents coming in and working as if they are the children, to see how their day goes.

--Personality styles for children.

--Setting up your home to help children become more independent at home.

Answer 3

Parent Teacher events, no matter how you plan them or carry them out are very important.  Some event ideas that I have to used to communiate with parents and bring them into the classroom are:

- Family-Breakfasts: We set up a waffle bar with fresh waffles we make ourselves along with toppings.  We all have a great time eating, sharing, laughing and talking about the kids, the classroom and what we are learning as well as looking at artwork and activities the kids have been doing.

- Parent-Provider-Partnership Meetings/ BRAG NIGHTS: I use these as a VITAL key in my program.  I think that "PTF" meetings are hard for parents to attend often or they just don't "feel like it", so I came up with the idea to combine the P3 meetings with a "Brag Night".  For the first 20 minutes we watch a VIDEO PRESENTATION of the kids doing their learning centers, activities, games, lunches, etc. from the past month as well as SHOWING OFF photos, artwork and the projects we have been working on.  Next, we TALK about what the THEME UNIT will be for the next few weeks/ month, etc. and talk about ways they can GET INVOLVEDas well as opportunities to go on field trips, etc. that they can take advantage of...  During this time we also set up a "PROJECT TABLE" for the children to enjoy while we go over normal stuff such as center policies, etc. and then we all enjoy REFRESHMENTS together! ( I always include a few things that the kids have on a regular basis, such as fun snacks that go with their theme, etc.  This gives the parents a chance to see what we eat- as well as serving more "adult" choices such as coffee, etc.)

It always turns out well and the parents love seeing their child in their learning environment as well as with their friends and they love getting together with other parents and their teacher!

- Community Get-togethers: Another thing that we have done is choosing a place (We use a place in our community called Double Dave's Pizza) that will donate a percentage of all the proceeds for a night (for us it's 15%) to our organization.  All the center families get together, enjoy some pizza, laughs and conversations!  It's great for moral and also a great way to bring everyone together to support the center/ classroom!

- Conferences: Another type of one-on-one parent/teacher event that we do is 6-month or 1-year conferences where we get together and talk about their child's progress, their likes and dislikes, assessment, go over their portfolio (of art and other projects they have done) and set goals together for the child to reach for!  It's great to be on the same level as the parent and be sure that you are on the same page about how they are doing, what they are doing great on and what they can aim for!

Answer 4

Your scheduled two parent/teacher conferences per year

We hold a Mother's Tea in May

Registration and Open House before school

Picnic and graduation

Answer 5

it must be about the children. i want to do a meeting on the students behavior which is need the concern from their parent