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Conflict Resolution Support for Sundial Classical Farmstead
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ROBYN BURLEW
Lecture 1: The Basis of Partnership with Parents: Under the Church, Apprenticing Young Humans1 Topic|1 Quiz -
Lecture 2: Partnership with Parents: Communication and Peacetime Strengthening1 Topic|1 Quiz
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Lecture 3: Working through Disagreements between the Partners1 Topic|1 Quiz
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KIM WARMANLecture 4: Parent Partnership1 Topic|1 Quiz
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LORI JILL KEELERLecture 5: Partnering with Parents1 Topic|1 Quiz
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JERILYN OLSONLecture 6: Culture: Responding in Love1 Topic|1 Quiz
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KEITH NIXLecture 7: An Overview of Essential School Leadership2 Topics|1 Quiz
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- Discuss ways that you have engaged in both macro- and micro-level communication. Do you think you have the right balance of the two? What does the right balance look like?
- Discuss ways in which you have benefitted by being proactive in your communication, making the initial contact with a parent when a difficulty arose.
- Discuss ways in which you have regretted not being proactive in your communication.
- Consider taking Lori Jill’s advice and taking the initiative to contact the parents of those students you teach who are the most difficult. Discuss what you think you should say to each parent that will serve them and build trust.
- What does it mean to cultivate a personal rather than impersonal relationship with parents?
- What does it mean that sometimes a parent “needs an ear, not an answer”?