Asking Questions may not always be at the forefront of a parents mind when they go to discuss with a school or with a child’s teacher as they may expect to be spoken at by the teacher or representative. However asking questions will enable you as the parent to have a better understanding of the work and progress your child is making, whilst also finding out the qualities of teaching that your child’s teacher is exhibiting.
- What academic standards do you use, and what do I need to know about them?
- How will you respond if or when my child struggles in class?
- What are the most important and complex ideas my child needs to understand by the end of the
academic year or term? - Do you focus on strengths or weaknesses?
- How are creativity and innovative thinking strategies used daily within the classroom setting?
- How is critical thinking used in the classroom on a daily basis?
- How are assessments designed to promote learning rather than just being used as a measurement
tool? - What can I do to support literacy at home?
- What kind of questions do you suggest that I ask my child daily about your class?
- How exactly is learning personalised in your classroom?
- How do you measure academic progress?
- What are the most common instructional or literacy strategies that you will use this year?
- What learning models do you use? Project based, play based learning? And what do you see as the
primary benefit of that approach? - What are the best resources that we should consider using as a family to support our child in the
classroom? - Is there technology you would recommend that can help support my child in self-directed
learning? - What are the most common barriers you see to academic progress in your classroom?
- How is education changing?
- How do you see the role of teacher in the learning process?
- What am I not asking but I should be?
