502 Discussion 1

Colleague #1 Response

A’Keria M Moore

Hello class, 

First, I would make certain that an administrator is present in the room. Then, I would give the parent the opportunity to speak. Once she is done, I would let the mother know that I am concern with the student’s grade. I would acknowledge the emails that were exchanged. I would ask her if there was a better way that should would like to communicate with me about the student maybe through phone call. I would offer to help her with any assistance that she may need. Also, I would let her know that the class had been learning the standard all week and that the test was going to let me know if he is about to understand what is being taught or if there should be some type of differentiation for him or changes made to the instructions. Ineffective communication could change the outcome, because it could ruin the relationship between the parent, student, and teacher. It could cause the parent to become less involved in the student’s education. It would hurt the student’s success in the class, because the student could become less interested. The barrier that I can identify between the parent and myself is the difference in the viewpoint. Also, the parent was not interested in knowing whether the student was being prepared for the test during school hours she only knew that he was not prepared due to his lack of studying the prior day. 

Colleague # 2 Response

Zandra U Fountain-Anderson

As a teacher, I have used communication through technology by emailing the parent about the child’s failing grades. As the teacher, in this situation I would use two-way communication in this situation. One reason is because the parent is already at the school. Also, it would be the start to develop a trust that could possible grow more between the teacher and the parent. Both the parent and the teacher will be able to share their mutuality of concerns. Ineffective communication techniques will change the outcome by the parent not being able to trust the teacher. There will be no sharing of concerns in a positive manner and the child will not get what he/she needs to progress in the class. The could possible be the start to erosion of the relationship between the teacher and the parent. The obstacles/barriers to effective communication that can be identify is that the parent is allowing her child to play sports and know he is failing in his classes. The parent is only going to want to hear that the teacher going to allow the child to take the test on a later date. If the teacher say no, the parent may get upset with the teacher. The teacher is saying no, because she will have to allow her other students the same privilege and it would not be fair to allow one student and not everyone.