The Importance Of Your Child’s Head Teacher – Parenthood

There are parents who abandon the education of their children a little and entrust this role to the school and to the teachers. Don’t make this mistake! For this you must try to stay in touch with your child’s homeroom teacher. From the start to the end of the school year.

Keep in mind that when children and teens are away from home, they are in school, college, or high school most of the time. Therefore, they thrive as people in these environments. Schools seek the collaboration and cooperation of parents in order to offer the best education to new generations.

The role of the head teacher

The main teacher is a teacher who in addition to his teaching in his subject is responsible for the students of a particular class. He is appointed at the start of the school year. Beyond its academic role, it must also encourage the overall development of students.

Thus, the duties of the head teacher include the following:

• First, facilitate student participation.
• Supervise students on a personal and academic level.
• Promote a positive social life.
• Serve as a mediator in conflicts that may take place in the classroom.
• Guide students academically and professionally.
• Respond to the needs and requests of students.

• Coordinate its action with that of other teachers and school staff.
• Finally, informing, advising, and providing care and support to families.

Therefore, the mission of the head teacher has three main interlocutors:

• First, the students.
• The faculty.
• Families.

The importance of being in contact with your child’s homeroom teacher

As mentioned above, one of the duties of the homeroom teacher is to provide information, advice, care and support to families. For this, it is necessary that the teacher is competent but also that he creates with the parents of the pupils a relationship based on trust, respect, communication and commitment.

In addition, it is necessary that families intend to become actively involved in the school life of their children. They must therefore regularly attend meetings and individual and group interviews organized by their child’s head teacher.

In addition, it is also good for parents to get involved in other tasks that the homeroom teacher offers them throughout the year. For example:

• Read information documents and notebooks.
• Respond to questionnaires and forms.
• Participate in family workshops.
• Collaborate in learning support activities.

• Finally, collaborate in innovation and improvement programs for the education system.

Informing families is essential

All this is very important, because the information of the families is essential so that the head teacher can carry out his mission and do his work effectively. Indeed, parents have strengths that teachers do not. These assets include:

• Knowledge of the child and the attention given to the latter.
• Continuous observation of the child’s development.
• Last but not least, the affective and emotional bond.

Thus, they have the best vision of their children’s needs and the most appropriate means to help them. In short, the family has a lot to contribute to school. Finally, the school must be open to listening and dialogue. For this, it must establish a reciprocal and two-way relationship.