Supporter of Parent Teacher Home Visits:Greenbrae Elementary Teacher, Heide Kerr
“Many
of my students live in the same apartment complex near the school. I’ve visited
several families there with Parent Teacher Home Visits.
At
the beginning of the year we were studying world cultures and holidays in
class. Students kept saying, ‘We celebrate Las Posadas at our apartment
complex.’
The
next time I did a Parent Teacher Home Visit, I heard more about Las Posadas and
was invited to the event. We met in an apartment and first they said the rosary
in Spanish. We sang Las Posadas songs and had a party where they invited me to
eat with them. I learned a lot about their culture and the holiday. At first I didn't realize that the event went on for nine nights! I wish I could have
gone to more of the nights, but I couldn't fit it into my schedule.
About
a month later, a student whose family I visited with a Parent Teacher Home Visit
had an incident on the playground. In the past when this type of thing
happened, the parents would call me and yell, ‘How could you let this happen?'
in an angry manner. This time the parents said, ‘We know how busy you are and I
just want to let you know what happened on the playground.’ I was able to have
an actual conversation with the parents. What a difference!"
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