When it comes to having difficult conversations with parents there are a few which seem to come up, time after time, school after school:
Often staff can get caught up in these issues, with them coming back time and again with the same parents and the teachers involved not being able to move forward constructively. This is often due to three common mistakes:
There are few techniques that can really help to overcome these challenges and create a more useful dialogue with a parent when your explanation is not getting the break-through you hope for.
Let’s suppose a parent believes their child is currently at a higher ability, in reading, than you have assessed. You don’t think they are ready to move up a level and hopefully explaining this to the parent will be enough.
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