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Managing Parent Expectations Training Course
Managing Parents’ Expectations Training courses are an opportunity to reset unrealistic expectations held by parents. The parents might come to your school with a psychological “rule book” of what they believe they can expect. But your school doesn’t follow their rule book.
Parent expectations at fee-paying schools used to cause the most turmoil. But social media has now meant every school in the land, has problems with parents expecting too much from the school. The threats parents make on social media can land them in some serious hot water, too. There was a case in QLD where the principal took on the parents. Every school has finite resources, yet some parents seem to have infinite expectations. The Managing Parents’ Expectations in-house training course can be conducted for the entire teaching and admin staff on a PD day.
Managing Parents Expectations In-House Program
The managing parent expectations course can be run at your school. We’ll tailor the course to the context of the parental expectations. Having ran this course for more than 8 years, we’ve got some clubhouse leaders of best ever unrealistic parent expectations. You couldn’t make them up.
Have you noticed an increase in parents’ expectations at your school over the past couple of years. Do parents expect more and more? Have you noticed a parent culture of entitlement, too? Parent expectations continue to grow. Indeed, some children have been very successful as a result of their parent’s efforts and high expectations. Have you seen the case where the school expelled the parents?
What do participants think about the tailored managing parents expectations in-house course? Here are some testimonials:
“Brilliant! No fluff Practical tools given.” M. Gokavi Swan Christain College
“I enjoyed the personality profiling, it is very useful insight for managing parents and working with colleagues”. A. O’Neill Hammon Park Catholic Primary
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Key Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this tailored Managing Parent Expectations workshop, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the #1 communication mistake that causes disappointment
- Identify a weakness as a strategy to help parents gain perspective
- Discover how parents form expectations in their minds
- Describe how a minor promise can lead to a major expectation
- Explain that a strong partnership brings the best results to the students
- Evaluate the best tools to understand expectations
- Discuss how to reset unrealistic expectations
- Identify the root cause of parent problems rather than jumping from expectation to expectation
- Blueprint the expectation formulation process
- Develop feedback loops to identify hot spots
- Discuss if the parent’s perception is a reality
- Offer choices to parents to structure thought
Course Description
Some parents can be very difficult when there’s a gap between what they expect and their perception of your service delivery. Surely it makes sense to understand how parents form expectations of your school. If you know how the expectations are formed in parents’ minds, then you can mould and reset them.
Businesses invest heavily in bridging the gap between customer expectations and the service delivery. It is time for schools to learn how to identify unrealistic expectations. In this breakthrough course, participants discover a proven method of resetting parent expectations.
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” - Michael Jordan
Would you like to attend this program?
For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.
Options: For 10–25 people we recommend the half day or full day version. For 25–100 people we recommend a truncated key note presentation (90 mins – 2 hours)
Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your school. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost
Target Audience: Education Professionals (and non-teaching staff)
Cost: Price on request.
If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: ddear@preftrain.com or contact us online today.
'Managing Parent Expectations' Workshop Outline
Module | Topics | Key Learning Outcomes |
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Module 1: Understanding Parent Expectations | How Expectations Are Formed |
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Recognising Unrealistic Parental Expectations |
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Module 2: Effective Communication Strategies | Handling Challenging Parental Interactions |
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Improving Communication to Reduce Conflict |
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Encouraging Respectful Communication Through I Statements |
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Module 3: Standardising Expectations Within the School Community | Developing a School-Wide Approach to Managing Expectations |
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Strategies for Reinforcing Expectations |
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Module 4: Building Resilience and Well-Being Strategies | Developing Resilience in the Face of Parental Demands |
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Stress Management Techniques for Educators |
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Practical Well-Being Strategies for Educators |
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