Communication is a huge part of everyday living making it that much more important in the field of education. As teachers we have to be able to communicate with administrators, behavior specialists, counselors, students, parents, paraprofessionals, general education teachers, and many other school personnel. These people are our stake holders in our children's education. Each one of them play an important role and can help with our job of teaching. It will be my goal as a teacher to be in constant communication with all of the necessary stake holders, as relating to my classroom. The form of communication that I have found to be the most reliable is email. Email is how I communicated with my professors, mentor teachers, and students with in college. Most people have an email and have it connected to their smartphone so they are constantly checking their email and/or getting notifications. I have heard other teachers say that they sometimes text people because they have made it know that that is how they best communicate. I think that as long as texting is used in a professional manner, not abused, it can be useful. As a future teacher I will be sure to contact any stake holders that can benefit my students, using any form of communication necessary.
Another form of contact that I plan to use in my classroom is sending letters home at the beginning of the school year and throughout the year. I could send home a paper copy or I could send an electronic copy home - this would depend on my current classroom. Even before the school year begins I could send a letter home to all of future students to introduce myself. I could also add a list of supplies that the students would need to bring. Along with the student letter I could add a separate parent letter. Below are two links to two examples if letters that I could send to my students and their parents. Both of these examples are mock examples that could possibly be used in my future classroom.
Below is the link to a mock letter that I might send to my students previous to school starting. In the letter I introduce myself, talk about the upcoming school year, and much more.
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Below is the link to a mock newsletter I created that could be used to send to the parents of the students in my resource room. This letter would give them more information about the specific disability their son/daughter might have. In the newsletter I talked about four categories.
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