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Holding Great Meetings for Families
March 18, 2019
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
Karen Stephens offers some practical and fun tips for holding successful meetings for parents. Writing in the Art of Leadership book, Engaging Families, here are a few of the suggestions she recommends:
- “Survey parents on what THEY want to learn about or discuss regarding childrearing or family life…
- Find motivating ways to get parents in the door…Offering free child care during a meeting is a great way to remove an obstacle to attendance…
- Set the physical stage for success; creature comforts count…offer food – even just snacks – to nourish the body as well as the mind…
- Provide comfortable adult seating…
- Allow enough TIME for parents to process dialogue and information…
- Infuse training with unexpected creativity, uniqueness and fun…Use jokes, cartoons, props, guest speakers, dramatic play, peer discussion…
- Provide short and jargon-free take-home materials and handouts…”
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Glenside, PA, United States
What about children who have special needs.
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