In the Classroom: Parent involvement key to students' success, educators say
Published: Monday, November 15, 2010, 10:00 AM
Kimberly Mackey, left, and her daughter Aja Tate prepare to leave Kim Simpson's classroom after their parent-teacher conference. Simpson, a fourth-grade teacher at Bennett Elementary School, stresses the need for interaction and open communication between students, parents and teachers.“I think keeping good communication with Kim is key — open communication,” said Mackey, whose daughter Aja Tate, 9, is in Simpson’s fourth-grade classroom at Bennett Elementary School in Jackson.
Now is the time of the year when parents sit down with teachers for annual conferences to find out how their children are doing and what improvements they need to make.
Educators say it’s important that parents continue to keep in touch with their children’s teachers after the conferences are completed.
“I definitely think there should be