Easy and Effective Ways to Communicate with Parents

This must-have guide explains how to turn every interaction with parents--from the first letter home through the last conference--into a positive, productive one. Veteran teacher Barbara Mariconda provides surefire tips on how to build and maintain effective home-school communication, discuss difficult issues, and deal effectively with an upset parent. Includes lists of helpful phrases to use for report cards and conferences and reproducible forms and letters to make record keeping easy. For use with Grades K-6.