Parent-Teacher Relationships

Keywords; Definition of Human relationship, Parent-Teacher Relationships, Mental health problems

Parent-Teacher Relationships

Definition of Human relationship:

Human relationship: An interpersonal relationship is an association between two or more people that may range from fleeting to enduring. Human relationships are formed on different circumstances; it could be cultural, social family, friendship, work and social groups. Leadership and human relation go side by side, you can’t choose between them, and you have to choose them altogether.

Human Relation means creating favorable environment for a team work of the head, administrator, teacher, learner and the parents, so that the institute can run smoothly

Parent-Teacher Relationships

It is believed that a child’s academic success is greatly enhanced when teachers and parents are partners in the process. When Teacher need information pertaining to a child or a child is experiencing a problem, the teacher contacts the parents or guardians because they are number one resource about the child. Throughout the school year teacher can use a variety of communication methods to build and sustain solid relationships with parents. Some of proven techniques for building parent-teacher relationship:

Parent-Teacher Relationships

1. Use Registration Time to Build a Foundation
2. Create Detailed Student Information Sheets
3. Send Out Parent Surveys 
4. Contact Them With Good News Regularly
5. Utilize Technology Whenever Possible
6. Plan a Writing Night
7. Intervene via Parent Conferences

1. Use Registration Time to Build a Foundation
   Begin the school year by meeting some of parents during registration, before school begins. Since first impressions are lasting impressions, the teachers make sure that the classroom is warm and welcoming.  In addition to the paperwork and fees related to registering, parents receive their child’s schedule and visit their classes. This is chance for the teacher to meet the parents and get email addresses and phone numbers.
2.  Create Detailed Student Information Sheets
   on the first day of class, teacher send home student information sheets that ask for basic information: name of students and parents, address, numbers for home, work place, email addresses if applicable. A copy of the student’s schedule is on the front of this form also, so if teacher ever need to locate that student during the school day, he can immediately see where he or she is and whom he need to contact.
   
   
3. Send Out Parent Surveys

Two to three weeks after school starts, teacher should send a parent survey home. The survey asks questions about their child interest, strengths and weaknesses. This information helps teachers get to know each student as a person and learner. It's also useful when planning lessons. Even though parents are just as busy as teachers, they eagerly take the time to write as much information about their child as they can.

4.  Contact Them with Good News Regularly
   Make praise calls or emails regularly to the parents. Parents like to hear good news from the teacher.
5. Plan a Writing Night
   Besides the common methods of communicating with parents, teacher should write a letter to parents each semester and share curriculum and result related information and give parents a peek into classroom. 
6. Utilize Technology Whenever Possible
   Parents and teachers both are extremely busy, so teacher needs to use technology to stay in touch (emails, homework hotline, and our parent portal that allows them to access student grades via a computer). Of course, not all parents have access to technology, so the teacher needs to provide the same information in different written formats to those parents. 
7. Intervene via Parent Conferences
   arrange conferencing activities in school and invite parents because it's good way that the teachers communicate with parents. When planning conferences, school should try to be as flexible as possible since some parents can only meet in the mornings or after school.
   
   

Over the course of one’s life, if he experience mental health problems, his thinking, mood, and behavior could be affected. Many factors contribute to mental health problems, including:

• Biological factors, such as genes or brain chemistry
• Life experiences, such as trauma or abuse
• Family history of mental health problems

Mental health problems are common but help is available. People with mental health problems can get better and many recover completely.

Early Warning Signs

Experiencing one or more of the following feelings or behaviors can be an early warning sign of a problem:

• Eating or sleeping too much or too little
• Pulling away from people and usual activities
• Having low or no energy
• Feeling numb or like nothing matters
• Having unexplained aches and pains
• Feeling helpless or hopeless
• Smoking, drinking, or using drugs more than usual
• Feeling unusually confused, forgetful, on edge, angry, upset, worried, or scared
• Yelling or fighting with family and friends
• Experiencing severe mood swings that cause problems in relationships
• Having persistent thoughts and memories you can’t get out of your head
• Hearing voices or believing things that are not true
• Thinking of harming yourself or others

Positive mental health allows people to:

• Realize their full potential
• Cope with the stresses of life
• Work productively
• Make meaningful contributions to their communities

Ways to maintain positive mental health include:

• Getting professional help if needed
• Connecting with others
• Staying positive
• Getting physically active
• Helping others
• Getting enough sleep
• Developing coping skills

The teacher metal health is very necessary for the teaching learning process, so for that very reason a headmaster or principal need to give full attention to the metal health of their staff members. If teachers are coping with these kinds of stress than they will be not able to do their due job and impart education to the students and to build a positive personality of the students.  The headmaster need to know the problems of his teachers and try to finds solution for that. Metal heath of the teacher plays a very important role in the character building of the students and their learning achievements. The educational administrators need to solve the financial problem of the teachers and health care issues related to the teachers and their families. The headmaster needs to manage the workload of the teacher so he could manage his classes on time and have enough time to prepare himself for the class. Provide good, healthy and stress free environment to the teachers and in response they will give you quality in Education.  

Importance of co-curricular activities

Keywords; Co-Curricular activities,  Extracurricular Activities (ECAs), Importance of Co-Curricular Activities, Educational value, Psychological Values of Co-Curricular Activities,  Development of Social Values of Co-Curricular Activities, Development of Civic Values of Co-Curricular Activities,  Physical Development Values of Co-Curricular Activities,  Recreational Values of Co-Curricular Activities,  Cultural Values of Co-Curricular Activities, Types of Co-curricular Activities,

Importance of co-curricular activities

            Co-Curricular activities (CCAs), previously known as Extracurricular Activities (ECAs) are activities that education organizations in some parts of the world create for school students. They serve to promote a variety of activities which all school students must attend alongside the standard study curriculum.

"Co-curricular activities" means activities conducted on or off school premises by clubs, associations, and organizations of pupils sponsored by the Board of Education”

Co-curricular activities also include pupil clubs, associations, and organizations that conduct those activities.

A co-curricular activity is defined as a program or out-of-class activity, supervised and/or financed by the school, which provides curriculum-related learning and character building experiences.

Co-curricular activities are those activities which fall outside the regular academic curriculum. They are also known as 'Extra-curricular' activities. Most of the educational organizations in various different parts of the world facilitate these activities for school and college students. 

Importance of Co-Curricular Activities

1.    Educational value,

2.    Psychological Values,

3.    Development of Social Values,

4.    Development of Civic Values,

5.    Physical Development Values,

6.    Recreational Values,

7.    Cultural Values,

1. Educational Value

Activities have great "educational" potential for students. In our schools all classroom teaching is theoretical in nature. Practical knowledge can be imparted through co-curricular activities.

The best Activities are Trips and tours which provide firsthand experience and reinforce classroom knowledge in subjects like history, geography, nature study etc.

Language and expression improves through debates and recitations. Practical lessons in civics can be given to students through self-government and political activity at school level. School magazines teach students the art of writing forcefully and effectively.

Celebration of functions develops organizational capacities and leadership qualities in students. Projects provide direct learning opportunities.

2. Psychological Value

These activities as the name suggests meet the psychological needs of the students, mainly with reference to social demands of the pupils. They help in expressing personal behavior and provide a vehicle for creative thinking.

3. Development of Social Value (Social training)

Social cooperation is recognized as one of the important demands of citizenship. It is difficult to teach through school subjects like Languages, Mathematics or Social Sciences. By 'participating in group activities, students learn good manners and develop a sense of cooperation. Membership in a club, student council, dramatic cast or an athletic team requires co-operation. Students learn to appreciate the relationship of an individual to the social group.

Through team activities, students learn social cooperation. They develop group spirit, 'we' - feeling, belongingness, unity and ability to be co-operative.

4. Development of Civic Value

In group activities students learn the value of doing one's duty. For example, students' self-government in schools provides an excellent training in exercising shouldering responsibilities. These activities train the students for good citizenship. Co-curricular activities offer many opportunities for the development of self-discipline e.g. NCC and Girl Guide. They develop in students the spirit of tolerance of others' views, healthy exchange of ideas and accepting victory and defeat with grace.

Secondly, the school is a mini society and the activities of the school should have direct relations with the activities of the society.

Qualities like leadership are not always developed in a classroom. These traits and qualities of leadership are developed in students, when they organize these activities by themselves under the guidance of teachers. Students learn to plan, organize and execute

5. Physical Development Value (Physical and mental health)

While games, sports and athletics directly contribute to physical development of students, other co-curricular activities also indirectly contribute to it. These activities provide a useful channel for the growth and development of the body.

6. Recreational Value

Lack of ability and training in proper utilization of one's spare time is one of the major defects in our present system of education. By providing and organizing various activities, we provide wholesome opportunities to our students, rather than to spend their spare time in undesirable activities e.g. Movies, TV, idle talk etc. Hobbies developed at the secondary school stage become lifelong habits.

7. Cultural Virtue

Some co-curricular activities are of great value, as they help in providing opportunities for better understanding of our cultural heritage and traditions, for example, activities like drama, folk songs, dance, folk music, exhibitions and celebration of various religious and social festivals provide better knowledge and understanding of our culture, foster cultural tastes and awaken cultural interests among students.

Students would appreciate to learn all these through our language, religion, culture, food habits and dresses, it shows that although we are different but we are one, and that we are of the same universe.

Some other importance of co-curricular activities

8.            Personality development

9.            Moral training

10.         Co-operation

11.         Discipline

12.         Utility of time

13.         Sprit of competitions

14.         Training for leadership

Scope

The scope of CCAs is wide due to a nearly unlimited list of interests. Some of the major groups include Computer Club, Art Club, Dance Club, Swimming, sports clubs and Photography Club.

•      CCAs are held outside standard curriculum hours and the activities partaken depend on the nature of CCA.

•      There is a wide choice of CCAs in schools, for which students can sign up based on their interest and ability.

•      Many former students return to their alma mater after graduation to help impart what they have learned, to their juniors. Some do so within a formal framework, where ex-cadets are appointed as cadet officers or the Voluntary Adult Leader scheme.

•      Competitions may also be organized to create a competitive environment and provide such CCA groups with an objective to work towards together. In KPK there are competitions at the distract and Provincial level. These include Sporting Competitions.  Co-curricular activities form the core of students' personality and life.

Types of Co-curricular Activities

 Co-curricular activities are categorized under seven headings;

 I. Literary Activities

2. Physical Development Activities

3. Aesthetic and Cultural Development Activities

4. Civic Development Activities

5. Social Welfare Activities

6. Leisure Time Activities CO-curricular activities

7. Field trips and tours Activities

Some other Co-Curricular activities

·         Morning assembly programmes.

·         Inter-House competitions.

·         House meetings.

·         English recitation.

·         Urdu calligraphy.

·         English calligraphy.

·         On the spot drawing & painting competition.     

·         Group singing.

·         Solo singing / rhymes.

·         Quiz competitions.

·         Moot (debatable) courts.

·         Individual talent show.

·         Guest talk / slide show.

·         Fancy dress show.

·         Various activity clubs.

·         NCC - National Cadet Corps.

·         School band.

·         Scout association.

·         Girl guides.

·         Performing arts.

·         School choirs (singing groups).

·         Foot drills.

·         Annual functions.

·         National sporting competitions.

·        Youth festivals.