Communication with School
Personnel, Parents and
Students
Wendy Yuan
Zionsville Community High School
Pauline Yang
Westlane Middle School
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9/22/2012
老师是事业，不是一份工作
Teaching is my career, not my job
看录像，从老师的角度，我们看到了什么？
http://www.makeadifferencemovie.com
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“In a completely rational society, the
best of us would be teachers and the
rest of us would have to settle for
something else.”
― Lee Iacocca
在十足的理性社会中，只有最优秀的人才能成为教师，
而其他人只能做一些次要的工作。
－李.雅科特
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学生是我们的中心
 当有一个学生说
 I am not smart enough.
 I don’t get it.
 I can’t.
 我们作为老师，应该说什么？
Surveymonkey.com Wordle.com
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Have you ever…
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PBS
• Positive Behavior Support
• To acknowledge good students’ good
behavior
• To help individuals who have challenging
behavior and to prevent the occurrence of
challenging behavior.
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Why and How to “PBS”?
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Which one is more powerful?
1. Please don’t play and talk!
2. A smart kid like you must know what you
should be doing now!
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Effective Class for Student
Learning
 1. Students in this class treat the teacher with respect.
 2. My classmates behave the way my teacher wants
them to.
 3. Our class stays busy and doesn’t waste time.
 4. In this class, we learn a lot almost every day.
 5. In this class, we learn to correct our mistakes.
From Harvard economist Ronald Ferguson in Gates Foundation study results
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啊….
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Who do we meet in
our daily life?
 校长，系主任
 同事
 家长
 后勤工作人员
 教师工会
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Who help us to
make our work
more effectively?
 校长，系主任
 同事
 家长
 后勤工作人员
 教师工会
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How to communicate with personnel
in American Schools
Respects and Attraction
了解美国人的思维方式
了解美国学校的具体情况
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中国人与美国人的思维
方式
Sharing some interesting pictures
Sit back, and have fun
Confronting a Problem (Blue is American and Red
is Chinese)
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Yang Liu Design
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Sense of Self (Blue is American and Red
is Chinese)
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Yang Liu Design
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How to Express Anger (Blue is American
and Red is Chinese)
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Yang Liu Design
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Queue when Waiting (Blue is American
and Red is Chinese)
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Yang Liu Design
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Status of Leader (Blue is
American and Red is Chinese)
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Yang Liu Design
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Time Management (Blue is American
and Red is Chinese)
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Yang Liu Design
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Relationships (Blue is American
and Red is Chinese)
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Yang Liu Design
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宝子是个不太有意思的男孩，水觉是个很有意思的女孩。
宝子对水觉有意思， 可是水觉对宝子不太有意思。宝子给
水觉送花时，两人的对话颇有意思。
水觉：“你这是什么意思？”
宝子：“没什么意思，意思意思。”
水觉：“你这就不够意思了。”
宝子：“小意思，小意思。”
水觉：“你这人真有意思。”
宝子：“其实也没有别的意思。”
水觉：“那我就不好意思了。”
宝子：“是我不好意思。”
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了解自己学校的情况
1. Knowing your students
 2. Communicating with parents
 3. Leadership in school
 4. Cooperating with colleagues
 5. Building positive relationships with
staff members.
1. How to know your students
1. From profile: for example Power Teacher;
2. From the other teachers;
3. From Counselors (IEP, 504);
4. From classroom survey;
5. From after school activities.
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How can you communicate
with your students?
 Case 1: （David)
- Grade: D, falling behind the class
- Being talkative playing with classmates in class
- Not doing your assignment
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2. How to communicate with
parents
1. Introducing ourselves at Open House
2. Writing emails/make phone calls to
parents (Monthly update, both positive
behavior and trouble issues)
3. Meeting parents with appointment
4. Listening at Parents Teacher Conference
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“HOW” do you communicate
with parents?
 Be positive
 Student-centered
 Sweet and brief
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Scenario
Case 1 (Lisa)
- 8th Grader
- Grade A
- Very socializing
- Bad attitude and disrespect teachers
- Trigger: Not turning in Homework but blame you not
telling her to do it.
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3. How to show your leadership
1. Presenting at Conference with School Title next
to our names 以校为荣
2. Sponsoring Chinese Club / Sports Coach
3. Managing Lunch Duties / Study Hall
4. Being chaperone to dance party
5. Sharing valuable knowledge and skills with other
teachers
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4. How to cooperate with colleagues
1. Eating in lunch lounge;
2. Showing up at school meetings;
3. Participating school activities (pep rally,
workshop, field trip, Open house)
4. Participating PLC (Professional Learning
Community)
5. To be Mentor and mentee
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5. How to build positive
relationship with staff members
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Secretaries
Media Specialist
Technology Specialist
Custodians
Sub(stitute) teacher
Security guards
Cafeteria/bookstore lady
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Money Talks - Grants Application
 PTO Grant
 School District Grants (ZEF Zionsville Education Foundation)
 DonorsChoice.org
 IFLTA Small Project Grants
 IFLTA Conference Attendence Grants
 ACTFL First Attendee Grants
 Lilly Endowment, Inc – Education
 CII Grants
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RISE- Teachers Evaluation System
 Domain 1: Purposeful Planning:
 Domain 2: Climate / Instruction
 Domain 3: Participation in learning communities /
Leadership
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给新手的十条建议(1/2)
 1. 对孩子充满希望
 2. 明确目标
 3. 张贴品质
 4. 做积极主动的学习者
 5. 友善
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给新手的十条建议(2/2)
 6. 了解学生
 7. 尊敬
 8. 关爱
 9. 做出榜样
 10. 合作学习小组
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Book Recommendation
 “Be a teacher by America’s Finest Teachers”
－Edited by Philip Bigler and Stephanie Bishop
 美国最优秀教师的自白
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“The mediocre teacher tells. The good
teacher explains. The superior teacher
demonstrates. The great teacher
inspires.”
― William Arthur Ward
普通的教师告诉学生做什么，称职的教师向学生解释怎
么做，出色的教师示范给学生，最优秀的教师激励学生。
－威廉姆.亚瑟.沃德
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处好关系，人人开心
愿我们能够互通有无，相互鼓励，处好
关系，人人开心。
Wendy Yuan
[email protected]
Pauline Yang
[email protected]
ICLASS (是印州中文老师们的家园）Website:
http://tinyurl.com/ICLASSk12
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Big thanks to…
 CII – Dr. Xu and all the staff
 孙晔
 ZCS
 MSDWT
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