Dealing with parents of the students that you teach can be some of the most challenging experiences you face in your jobs. All of you have had experiences with difficult people, and contrastingly, all of us can be difficult at times. When teachers must continually face conflict without the proper skills, they run the risk of burning out from the negativity.

This interactive workshop is designed to help you work successfully with the parents of all of your students.  It will give you the skills needed to establish an effective communication and build positive relationship with parents, and help you to deal with parents that may be difficult or challenging.

Objectives
At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Establish yourself as the professional with answers and open to a healthy communication with parents of your students
• Learn the reasons behind parents’ behaviors and actions!
• Develop strategies that will enable you to communicate effectively with parents on a variety of issues
• Learn techniques for resolving potential conflicts with parents
• Build positive relationship with parents

Outline

• Introduction and Overview
• Teacher Response Styles
  • Thinking Mistakes
  • Guidelines to being Professional, Proactive & Positive
• Understanding Parenting mind
• Effective Communication with Parents
  • Poor Listening Skills
  • Strategies for Improved Listening
• Parents with Problematic Personalities
  • Facts about dealing with difficult parents
• Types of Difficult Parents
• Building Positive relationship with Parents

Trainer’s Profile

June Lee, BA in Business, recognizes the common problems faced by childcare centres and kindergarten and has developed this workshop to meet its challenging needs. She has more than 15 years of training experience and trained several childcare centres on this workshop. June Lee, started out in the Hospitality industry, where she developed and conducted similar workshops for Hospitality staff.

Methodology
Group discussion, case studies and role play

Target Audience
Childcare centres and Kindergartens educators

Investment 
Individual: SGD290.00/person
Group of 5 or more: SGD250.00/person
  
Other Details
Duration: 1 day, 6 hours
Closing Date: 1 April 20

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