Is Anyone Listening? (Part 1 of 4)
Monday Morning Message ~ 1-31-2011
You work hard writing, editing, and finally publishing your class newsletter. It’s filled with important topics like field trips, your week in review, and students’ upcoming tests.
Picture AND fundraiser money are due, and the permission slips for next week’s field trip.
Top that off with finding just the right piece of clip art and seasonal font, to make YOUR newsletter something you are sure will be kept in a memory box forever.
The reality is that today’s parents are different than yours were.
And all of your hard work is failing.
Parents are busy just like you.
Do you want to get through to parents?
Do you want to save trees?
Do you want to regain some of your busy life?
Everyone is busy every day all of the time.
That includes your students and their families.
Most of the time, student book bags are cleaned out, and after your notes and newsletters are skimmed through quickly, they go straight into the trash after mom or dad asks, “Hey, do we need this paper anymore, or can I throw it away?”
You have to get with the times if you want to get through to your students’ parents.
Face it.
The days of the mimeograph and ditto machines are over.
Telephone calls take up too much time, and callbacks waste even more of your precious time.
The solution to all of this is email.
We can’t wait until next Monday when we will continue with our four-part series to help you set up a quick system to get you on the road to productive, easy communication with your students and their parents.
In the meantime, enjoy your Monday, your week, and your students!
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