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Revisiting Home Visits
November 15, 2011
I always had a decent sense of outrage.
-Bella Abzug
In "Building Relationships by Revisiting Home Visits," in the latest issue of Exchange, Carol Hillman offers these reasons for doing home visits...

"During the visit you are building memories that can be shared in conversations with your students all year long.  Those shared moments form the foundation of a rock solid relationship.  The details of that experience, coupled with your enthusiasm and good judgment, are the mortar that holds everything together.

"An equally important component to the visit is continuing the relationship with the parent that began earlier on the phone.  As a parent is welcoming you and your teaching companion into the home, you are also welcoming the family into your world at school and a year-long collaborative process.  You share a mutual goal: to understand the child and to work together to foster her growth.  A great deal depends on how you present yourself in the family.  This visit allows you to communicate your respect for the parent as the child's first teacher.  Let this come through in subtle ways: through the softness of your voice, the smile in your eyes, and your attention to the parent and what he or she has to say.  Let your body language reflect your respect as well."




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