Paragon Science Academy encourages its teachers and parents to make home visits to their students to establish better communication between home and school. Home visits are voluntary for both Paragon Science Academy teachers and parents. We make home visits for the following reasons:
- Promote partnership between parents and teachers.
- Encourage parent involvement.
- Parents gain a better understanding of school’s educational policies.
- Provide new understanding of students’ learning style.
- Understand emotional and social needs and behaviors of students.
- Identify students’ latest interests and concerns.
Teachers will contact the parent via phone to ask to make a home visit. If the parent agrees on it, they will schedule a time for the visit. Teachers will come in pairs. A typical home visit takes 20 min to 40 min. Teachers at the visit will:
- Give feedback about student. Talk about student’s records, grades, motivation, and performance.
- Give suggestions to enhance student’s achievement.
- Elicit feedback from parents regarding child’s interests, concerns and progress.
- Get feedback about school.
- Discuss parents’ interests, hobbies and strengths.
- Reinforce positive parenting and more parent involvement.
- Provide information about future parent activities (potluck, picnic, etc.).
- Highlight school activities, events (field trips, potlucks, science fair, etc.).
- Invite parents to become involved.
- Discuss next visit.