Principal Champion for Parent Teacher Home Visits
Primm Walters, Sun Valley Elementary School
The Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project has helped us grow our school into a community center, where both students and parents alike, feel welcomed and safe.
As a result of the Parent Teacher Home Visits, each morning as I greet the students I see the children enter with an eagerness to learn because not only do they feel safe, but now they see themselves as partners with the teachers in their class and school.
We did the home visit for a family who has three girls at Sun Valley Elementary School at a local McDonald's. By the time the visit was over the three girls, who had been very shy initially, were eager to talk to me about their interests in many areas both in and out of school..
Their parents felt comfortable and appreciated the time we took to get to know them as a family. By the end of the visit, the girls' younger brother was sitting in my lap sharing my french fries. We all felt connected.
As we continue with the Parent Teacher Home Visit Project our perception of the community grows deeper with new understanding. We are less fearful in going out into the community. Our confidence has grown and we are successful in building bridges from the school to homes and from the homes back to school.
The changes I see as a result are why I am a strong champion for Parent Teacher Home Visits!
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