A Note of Thanks and Support Blog 5

Blog 5 Note of Thanks and Support

I wanted to say thank you to my colleagues for their support for this class. This class has been a very hard. We have shared our own frustration in this course. I still don’t understand how to write short-term goals and long-term goals. I appreciate the advice and suggestion my colleagues have given me. I have received helpful advice from many of my colleagues through emails, discussion board, on struggling issues.

  I have gain many new ideas on encouraging parents and teachers to attend meetings. My parent meeting went better than to be expected with 12 parents attending the meeting plus teachers and one family advocate. My advocacy action plan was about suggested service providers for children and support groups for parents. I provided a two page flyer for parents, teachers, and family advocate to use. Our family advocate was so excited about the flyer she gave two parents a copy to use before the parent meeting.

My colleagues suggested I plan ahead and give parents a week’s notice of the meeting. They suggested I provide a prize for the teacher that had the most parents to attend the meeting. Bath and Body lotions make a great prize for teachers. Teachers can encourage parents to attend the meetings. My colleagues suggested useful and appropriate web sites that can support my families and provide information for my advocacy plan.

Good Luck on your future as we touch the lives of children and families.