One of the unique features about Chugach Optional, is all of the family help and volunteerism that we have in our classroom. In fact, there have been times when we have been over flowing with parent participation! In light of this, I am provided with many opportunities where I can interact and chat with families and build positive relationships with them.
While most of the families are very open to communication or have time in the morning or afternoon to talk, we do have some that for whatever reason, are harder to reach. Therefore, one of the ways I try to extend an invitation for building relationships by talking to them about the activities that are happening in the class or talking about the positive experiences their child has been engaged in. This seems to be helping open up the channels and it certainly helps when I am there in the morning during drop off, because I usually see at least one of the parents in the morning, while the afternoon varies. Overall though, I feel as though I have already built several strong connections with several of the families and others are still being worked on.
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