Fostering a Strong Partnership between Parents and Teachers

The significance of effective communication and partnership between parents and teachers in early childhood settings is highlighted in this essay. It emphasizes the importance of mutual understanding, trust, and cooperation to support children's learning and growth. The essay identifies several issues that hinder effective partnership, including lack of communication, cultural and language differences, and misperceptions. To address these issues, it suggests strategies such as regular conferences, open communication, and shared responsibility. The essay also highlights the importance of parents' involvement in their child's education and encourages them to take an active role in communicating with teachers.

PARENTS AND TEACHERS RELATIONSHIP
INTRODUCTION
In the Holistic development of the child’s future, school, parents and teachers play a very vital
role. Both have a great responsibility and shares an equal amount of contribution in modifying
the child’s personality. Parent-Teacher Involvement in Education is an important aspect of life.
In today’s world without a good Education and Training, it is very hard and difficult to survive.
To create a strong Parent-Teacher relationship, it is necessary to create parents involvement.
There should be a bond of trust between the Parent-Teacher, if the parent doesn’t trust the
teacher and visa-versa, it becomes very difficult for the child to cope up. There are different kind
of ways to strengthen that relationship. It depends on how we try to enhance our relationship and
try to make it stronger and effective. A very common problem between the Parent-Teacher is,
parents expect that whatever is taught at home should be taught in the school too which
practically is not possible from the point of view of a school. Since parents have more than
enough time to spend with their child whereas the school has a limited time frame within which
they need to complete their syllabus and open the mind of the children for new ideas and
creative. Parents now a days blame the teachers for anything that goes wrong, they should not
forget that Teachers are there to brighten the future of the child. It is very mandatory to attend
the Parent-Teacher conference, so that they can get the opportunity to refine their child’s plan for
learning and to make sure about the relationship of Teacher, Student and the Parent is crystal
clear. In the Orientation also the teacher clarifies and explains its expectations. The parents need
to attend it with open minds i.e. they should have in mind of understanding things from the point
of view of teacher rather than just blaming the school and the teachers. Hence, it is very essential
for both the parents and teacher to cooperate and coordinate with each other as a partner in the
child’s earlier childhood education.
ROLE OF PARENTS
The first role model of the child is their parents. Parents help to motivate and encourage their
children in each and every stages. If the parents are responsive and understanding, it will initiate
the child to acquire skills at the very early stages of their life. A good parental guideline helps the
child to be positive, healthy and very quick learner.

ROLE OF TEACHERS
Teachers play a challenging role in nurturing the child’s future and helps him/her to experience
and face the difficult challenges in their life. Teacher is the first person from the child learns the
social skills. Teacher molds the child to be responsible and an independent learner. As the child
starts growing, it is the duty of the teachers to make him comfortable. It is the responsibility of
the teacher to be open-minded and well balanced. As the child achieves the mastery in his/her
skills, the teacher becomes their real inspiration and a perfect guide to show them the correct
path. Teachers teaching it is the base of a child. Teachers are given the role of god as because
they help in preparing the child to fight with the practical world. Teachers guide the child to
show his/her interest in different field and to make him an independent individual. They are the
root for the child’s nourishment.
ROLE OF PARENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIP
The major role between the parent and teacher is to create a mutual understanding and a great
bond of trust for the child’s happy learning. A mutual support and connection between the
teacher and parents helps the child to grow more and more. Teacher and parent should go hand in
hand so that they can see the remarkable progress in the child. Positive support from both the
parent and teacher help the child to show his interest and a positive attitude towards his/her
education. Parents and teachers enhances the child’s future.
IMPORTANT THINGS FOR A GREAT BOND
EXPECTATIONS
When it comes to expectation both parents and teacher have them each other. Parents expects a
lot of things from the teacher, they expects that teachers are the paid employee so they should do
their jobs too. Whereas the teachers expects from the parents to instruct the children in education
at home. Teachers instruct the parents to teach their child at home. Such expectation creates
major impact on the academic future of the child. The most important thing in this is
COMMUNICATION, there is a major missing communication gap among the parents and
teachers which leads to a wrong expectation. When their expectation are well communicated
both the parents and teachers will have a great bond and a better connection.

Rather than expecting show many things from each other, they should coordinate with each other
to provide their child to get a consistent message about learning and reading. To achieve their
goals they must share their relationship as a “PARTNER” with a mutual consent. Therefore,
parents and teachers mush share a responsibility for supporting the child as a learner.
COMMUNICATION
Communication is a two-way street, between two or more person. A good communication helps
to clear the misunderstanding, doubt and complications. For creating a sense of community
between the home and school, a strong communication is a fundamental aspect for the
“partnership”. Parents and teachers conferences are held, so that there is a clear communication
between them regarding the child’s studies and individual growth. It is the duty of the teachers to
involve the parents in each and every little things, which is related to their children, and what all
activities are done by him/her at school. The parents should always have a healthy
communication with the teachers, and the teachers should also cooperate with them and do the
visa-versa. Parents are the only one who can explain the teacher about the child’s drawbacks,
features, habits, culture, language barrier, etc., this will help the teachers to get the better
knowledge of their students. Over times, communication skill can be developed and
strengthened, which even have a great impact on the student. The key to success must involve
the parents in the child’s education.
ISSUES
Teachers try not to giving time to the child’s parent as they feel that they are already given a lot
of responsibility, so they try not to add on more responsibility in there list.
There is a lack of communication mismatch between the parents and teachers some try to show
their efforts in understanding whereas the others just neglect it often due to culture and language
differences.
There are certain misperception between parents and teachers, teachers feel that parents are
unable to help their children due to their limited educational background.
Many parents are unable to give a proper education at home due to family issue. They try to rely
totally on the teacher, which is very difficult for the teachers and parents to handle.

Few parents doesn’t feel comfortable going to school and coordinating with the teachers
regarding their child growth. They feel unsure and shy to show their contribution relating to their
education.
Teachers believed that parents don’t respect them and they try to be rude to them, which leads to
an unhealthy relationship between them.
Parents sometimes don’t get involved in their child’s school function or any kind of academic
function. Which also have a huge impact on the child’s career.
Parents and teachers have an issue of bragging a child in their conversation, which might affect
the child’s interest from studies.
Over involvement of the parents between the teacher and the student might lead to problems. The
parents should not tell the teachers how to teach the students and how much to teach.
Difference between the teachers and parents are the very common factors, both of them thinks
for the child’s bright future.
CONCLUSION
In this essay, the significance of the effective relationship between the parents and teachers in the
early childhood settings. It has been illustrated above that what all strategies will help to support
the teachers, parents and students. This essay also includes the parents and teachers partnership
in supporting their child for facing the new challenges. Teachers find it surprising that parents
feel insecure and uncomfortable to talk about their children. Few parents even feel insecurity and
anxiety in communicating with the teachers about their own children. For raising the child there
is no right way as because they are complicated, difficult and sometimes fragile, so sharing love
and responsibility at the same time might be difficult. Parents must introduce themselves to the
child’s teacher to build a relationship, a little effort from both of them encourages the child
towards success. Opportunities are given to parents to attend the conference so that, if they have
to discuss anything relating to their child and about their growth in studies, they are free to
speak. Good teachers always have the curiosity to know what does the children’s parents think
and feel about the teachers, a little appreciation by the parents help the teachers to show their
interest in a tremendous way. A partnership between the teacher and the parents helps to

motivate the child and they also make him realize his/her potential. Therefore, there should be a
balance between the teachers and the parent’s opinion.
GAP IN LITERATURE TO JUSTIFY THE RESEARCH
Gap in literature research is a problem, which has not been addressed in the particular field. It
has been observed that gap in literature research is implied due to lack of empirical studies. A
Gap in literature is just because of the missing piece in the progression of a field of research.
Basically, a research gap is a subset of knowledge gap that is yet to be researched. In the same
way the parents and teachers relationship is not yet explored and there are certain research
having lacunae in research are considered as knowledge gap.
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