E.T. PHONE HOME: Excellent Teachers Phone Home

Can positive phone calls home make a difference in the learning environment of the music room and the school as a whole?  The answer in this bloggers’ opinion is YES!

Through research on this topic, it is apparent that teachers who incorporate a positive phone call home into their communication and behavioral management plan express the effectiveness of the strategy.  In Susan Graham-Clay’s (2005) article “Communicating with Parents:  Strategies for Teachers”, three researchers address the affirming effect of a positive phone call home through student success (Gustafson, 1998), positive relationships (Love, 1996), and “setting the stage” for future calls (Ramirez, 2002). The positive phone call home is just a piece of a larger communication and behavioral plan that all teachers should incorporate.

If you want to read more from these educators here are the places I retrieved the information:

Graham-Clay, S. (2005). Communicating with parents: strategies for teachers. The School Community Journal, 15(1), 117-130. Retrieved from http://www.adi.org/journal/ss05/IntroContentsSpring2005.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. T. Phone Home:  Excellent Teachers Phone Home