Parental Involvement

If you do not call every parent within the first three weeks you will have no parental involvement. You need to call and introduce yourself and let the parents know that you are excited about teaching their child. If your first contact with a parent is 6 weeks into the year and it is to tell them that their child is acting up, you will get no support. Plus many of the parents will tell you on the initial phone call what to do with the child if he/she does act up, you want to make a note of that and do not be afraid to call if the child acts up. If you are trying to put together something after school or you want to form a club, take a special field trip, you will most likely have to contact the parents. If you have already made contact it is a lot easier to interact with the parents to inform them what is going on or to ask the parent(s) to act as a chaperone or to donate something for the room.
Let me say this again, call every parent within the first three weeks or you will have no parental involvement.