Having parent engagement involves having relationships with parents--which is crucial for career and technical education teachers and maintaining and increasing enrollment. No matter what level and program you teach, your parents have an influence on your current and future students because they talk to other parents. Because of this, we need to strengthen our engagement and communication with parents. We’ve all heard the horror stories about calling home and dealing with an uncooperative parent. While you still may have a negative experience with a very small percentage of your parent communication, there are ways to set you up for success from the beginning.

In this episode, Khristen discusses:

• Deciding what type of relationship you would like to have with parents

• Developing empathy by putting yourself in the parents’ shoes

• Being proactive with challenges and solutions

• Creating and implementing systems so that your communication is automated

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