Collaboration with Stakeholders
Awana Parent Emails Rationale/Reflection
SAU Effective Teaching Domain: Collaboration with Stakeholders
Title: Awana Parent Emails
Context: Awana children’s program at Skiff Lake Bible Church
Date: May, 2013
After spending two years involved with the Sunday night Awana children’s program at my church, I took over most of the teaching responsibilities for the 2012-2013 school year. I greatly enjoyed having more freedom to connect with the children in the program and plan lessons and activities for them. Several of the activities I organized required participation from the children at times outside of our normal meeting time. In order to plan these activities, I communicated with the children and their parents about times and days that fit their schedules. I also made sure to keep parents updated as to what the group was doing. These emails are examples of my communication with parents about activities, as well as their responses to me. The emails represent collaboration with stakeholders because these emails allowed me to collaborate with parents in planning learning activities for their children.
I learned a great amount about communicating with parents while organizing activities for my Awana group. One thing I learned was that it is vital to begin planning far in advance because of the wide variety of schedules students and their families have. In addition, I learned that communicating regularly with parents is an additional help in assessing how instruction is going. Hearing positive feedback from parents as well as the children encouraged me to continue some of the practices I was using in teaching the class. Collaboration with stakeholders is incredibly important in teaching because maintaining a positive relationship with parents and other teachers provides additional resources and allows students to learn in a more positive environment. I hope to continue growing in this area as I practice collaborating with parents and other stakeholders during my student teaching experience.
SAU Effective Teaching Domain: Collaboration with Stakeholders
Title: Awana Parent Emails
Context: Awana children’s program at Skiff Lake Bible Church
Date: May, 2013
After spending two years involved with the Sunday night Awana children’s program at my church, I took over most of the teaching responsibilities for the 2012-2013 school year. I greatly enjoyed having more freedom to connect with the children in the program and plan lessons and activities for them. Several of the activities I organized required participation from the children at times outside of our normal meeting time. In order to plan these activities, I communicated with the children and their parents about times and days that fit their schedules. I also made sure to keep parents updated as to what the group was doing. These emails are examples of my communication with parents about activities, as well as their responses to me. The emails represent collaboration with stakeholders because these emails allowed me to collaborate with parents in planning learning activities for their children.
I learned a great amount about communicating with parents while organizing activities for my Awana group. One thing I learned was that it is vital to begin planning far in advance because of the wide variety of schedules students and their families have. In addition, I learned that communicating regularly with parents is an additional help in assessing how instruction is going. Hearing positive feedback from parents as well as the children encouraged me to continue some of the practices I was using in teaching the class. Collaboration with stakeholders is incredibly important in teaching because maintaining a positive relationship with parents and other teachers provides additional resources and allows students to learn in a more positive environment. I hope to continue growing in this area as I practice collaborating with parents and other stakeholders during my student teaching experience.