How to properly organize a parent meeting at a preschool educational institution?

October 13, 2009

The preschool teacher communicates daily with children and parents, sees their problems, difficulties, as well as the positive experiences of each family.
One of the tasks of communication between a teacher and parents is to reveal to parents important aspects of the child’s mental development and help them build the right pedagogical strategy. In resolving these issues, parent meetings are indispensable, as they are an effective form of communication between educators and parents. However, parents are busy people; sometimes they don’t have time to talk to the teacher, come to a meeting, or they think that they already know everything about their child. In this case, the teacher must know how to interest parents in the necessary pedagogical information, and then how to effectively organize a parent meeting.

Parent meeting

It is at meetings that the teacher has the opportunity to familiarize parents with the tasks, content, and methods of raising preschool children in a kindergarten and family setting. During the meeting, the main burden falls on the report. This material can be used for conducting oral and written consultations with parents, as well as other forms of work. The teacher is required to have a creative approach to the material: searching for new examples; using their own methods of activating parents, aimed at making listeners interested in the problem being studied, at creating associations with their own experience of raising children, and at rethinking their parental position. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the parents’ need for knowledge.

In the Kindergarten “MDOU No. 2 of compensatory type” (Ekaterinburg), where I work, the following forms of holding parent meetings are used:

psychological training;
Master Class;
joint activities between children and parents;
Open Day;
showing theatrical productions.

Preparing the parent meeting

1. A week before the meeting, you can conduct a survey of parents on the topic of the meeting . Questionnaires are filled out at home before the meeting and their results are used during the meeting.

2. To activate parents and ensure their attendance at the meeting, it is advisable to make invitations to each family in the form of applications, designs, taking into account the theme of the meeting. It is important that children take part in making secret invitations for parents. Invitations are distributed a week before the meeting.

3. In accordance with the theme of the meeting, make original leaflets with tips . The content of the memos should be brief, the text should be printed in large font.

4. Our kindergarten uses such forms of attracting parents to parent-teacher meetings as: preparing competitions, exhibitions, and crafts on the theme of the meeting. At the same time, both children and their parents participate in competitions. All prepared works are exhibited before the meeting, and the teacher introduces parents to samples of work. At the meeting itself, parents choose the best work, and the winner is awarded a prize.

5. As one of the forms of activating parental attention, a tape recording of children’s answers to questions on the topic of the meeting can be used.

6. Occasionally we invite a fairy-tale character to a meeting.

7. We attract the attention of parents to the meeting by creating homemade posters on the topic of the meeting.

8. It is advisable to hold parent committee meetings a month before the meeting.

Immediately before the meeting you must:

prepare furniture on which it would be comfortable for parents to sit. You can arrange tables and chairs in a circle, put cards on them with the names and patronymics of the parents;
prepare pens and sheets of paper so that they can write down the information they are interested in, as well as pencils, children’s work on modeling, drawing, appliqué;
consider who will provide child care during the meeting and how.

Conducting a parent meeting

The parent meeting traditionally consists of 3 parts: introductory, main and “miscellaneous”. The meeting time is 1 hour. (40 minutes with parents and 20 minutes with children).

1. The introductory part is designed to organize parents, create an atmosphere of goodwill and trust, concentrate their attention, and motivate them to solve problems together. This can be done by communicating the topic, the form of the meeting, or through short games and activities. You can create a certain musical background: the sounds of a guitar, piano, tape recording, which will accompany the words of the presenter.

2. The main part of the meeting can be divided into two or three stages. As a rule, this part begins with a speech by the group teacher, senior teacher or other preschool specialists, covering the theoretical aspects of the problem under consideration. The message should be short, since by the end of the working day the stability of attention decreases.

The main thing is that parents are not just passive listeners. It is necessary to ask questions to the listeners, give examples from the practice of raising children in families and kindergartens, analyze pedagogical situations, offer parents to watch video clips of classes with children, games, walks, etc.

You should not reproach or lecture your parents. More often you need to use moments from the lives of children in the group as examples. When talking about unwanted actions of children, there is no need to mention their last names. During their communication, teachers should avoid making claims against parents and children, discussing the personality of a particular child; One should not state the failures of children, the main thing is to jointly develop ways to solve the problems under discussion.

It is better to have a conversation in soft lighting. Transitions from one situation to another can be separated by a short musical pause.

If possible, it is better to stage the situations being analyzed.

To illustrate your ideas and considerations, you can use tape and video recordings, photographs and interviews of children in the group, diagrams and graphs, visually presented theses and speeches. All this will contribute to a better understanding of the theme of the meeting.

When conducting this part of the meeting, you can also use the following methods: lecture, discussion, conference, which can also be separate forms of work with the families of pupils.

3. In the third part of the parent meeting - “miscellaneous” - issues of maintaining a child in kindergarten, leisure activities, and organizing joint events between the family and the preschool educational institution are discussed. It is recommended to think through in advance several options for solving the problem that will be offered to parents for discussion, agree with those of them who can help, take responsibility, etc. Some issues need to be resolved in advance with the parent committee.

At the end of the meeting, it is necessary to summarize the meeting, listing the decisions made on each of the issues discussed, recorded in the minutes.

Meetings can be held in the form of question-and-answer evenings, oral journals, talk shows, etc. Despite the differences in these forms, they are united by one meaning - to give parents knowledge about raising their own child, to interest them in the problems of education, and to stimulate them to reconsider their educational position.

Let me give you an example: at the last parent meeting in our kindergarten, the topic was discussed

“Preparing the hands of older preschoolers for writing”

Form of conduct: seminar-workshop.

Participants: group teachers, art teacher, parents.

Parts of the collection

1. Introductory part (5-7 min).

Presentation by the teacher of the topic and participants of the meeting.
Tour of the exhibition of workbooks and children's activity products.

2. Main part (30-35 min).

Speech by the group teacher on the topic “The importance and methods of developing fine motor skills in children of the preparatory group for school”, accompanied by posters with key theses and words on the topic of the speech, showing patterns of finger games (10-15 min).
Conducting a workshop by a visual arts teacher with parents on mastering techniques for developing fine motor skills using clay, plasticine and paper (10-15 min).
Presentation of an exhibition of didactic games for the development of fine motor skills (5 min).
Collective solution by parents of a crossword puzzle on the topic of the meeting (5 min). An approximate list of words that need to be guessed: motor skills, hand, vision, brain, coordination, correlation, writing, school.

3. Miscellaneous (7-10 min).

Review of pedagogical literature on the topic of the meeting.
Discussion of issues of maintaining children in kindergarten, leisure activities, organization of joint events between family and preschool educational institution.

4. Summing up (3-5 min).

Parents' quantitative assessment of the benefits of parent-teacher conferences.
Distributing booklets to parents on the topic of the meeting.

In conclusion, I would like to emphasize that the family and kindergarten are connected by common tasks in raising a child. Therefore, what is important here is not the principle of parallelism, but the principle of interpenetration of two social institutions: it is difficult for a family to cope without qualified assistance from specialists.

In the photo: the staff of our kindergarten, always ready to help parents.

Author: E. Kobylina, teacher of compensatory preschool educational institution No. 2 in Yekaterinburg

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Development of the structure of a thematic parent meeting

Olga Petrovna Bashkirova, teacher, municipal budgetary preschool educational institution “Kindergarten of a combined type No. 179”, Samara city district

Over the thousand-year history of mankind, two branches of education of the younger generation have developed: family and public. Family and preschool institutions are two important institutions for the socialization of children. Their educational functions are different, but their interaction is necessary for the comprehensive development of the child. Modern parents are quite literate, have access to pedagogical information, but often they use random literature, unsystematically, and therefore parents’ knowledge is chaotic [1, p. 28].

A positive result can only be achieved by uniting the family and kindergarten into a single educational space, implying interaction and cooperation between preschool teachers and parents throughout the child’s preschool childhood. Based on this, it follows that the issue of interaction between a preschool institution and a family is one of the most pressing today.

The purpose of the parent meeting: coordination and unification of the efforts of the preschool educational institution and the family in creating conditions for the comprehensive development of the child’s personality and improving the pedagogical culture of parents.

Tasks of the parent meeting

Establish partnerships between teachers, children and parents.
To help parents understand their educational role in the family, their position in communicating with children within the framework of family education.
Provide assistance to parents in mastering pedagogical knowledge about the development of a preschool child and the ability to apply it in communication.
Select methods of influence on the child that are appropriate to his age and individual characteristics.

Pedagogical theory and practice have developed a large number of different forms of working with families. The main form of work between teachers and parents is parent-teacher meetings. During each school year, kindergarten groups usually hold two or three planned parent meetings. Traditional forms of parent meetings are a meeting at which there is a main speaker - a teacher and several co-speakers, specialized kindergarten specialists or representatives of the parent committee. The teacher can also conduct a survey or a short discussion with parents about any issue in the life of the children’s group [2].

The structure of a thematic parent meeting consists of three stages [3].

Stage I - Preparatory

It is necessary to warn parents in advance about the parent-teacher meeting in kindergarten and about the topic that will be discussed. The teacher should post the date and topic of the parent-teacher conference on the information board. It's even better if each parent receives a personal invitation to a parent-teacher meeting.
It is necessary to prepare well in advance for the parent meeting. Write a plan, prepare visual and information materials, print out the required number of questionnaires for parents.
It is necessary to agree with other kindergarten specialists on the topic of the parent meeting, their role at this meeting and give time for preparation.

Stage II – Basic

The first or introductory part is designed to organize parents, create an atmosphere of goodwill and trust, and concentrate their attention (topic messages, forms of meetings using short games and activities).

The second part (disclosure of the topic of the meeting) begins with a speech by the group teacher, senior teacher or other preschool specialists, covering the theoretical aspects of the topic under consideration.

The third part - “miscellaneous” - discusses the issues of keeping a child in kindergarten, spending leisure time, organizing joint events between the family and the preschool educational institution.

The fourth part is the decision; the results of the meeting are summed up, listing the decisions made on each of the issues discussed, recorded in the minutes.

Stage III - Final (reflective)

Summing up, it is important to find out the attitude of the parents towards the meeting, it is wise to prepare in advance the necessary questionnaires for the assessments and wishes of the parents - all this will subsequently become the subject of reflection. The subject of analysis will also have to be the personal composition of parents who remained for a personal conversation, questions from parents during the meeting, the attendance of parents, reasons for absence, participation of parents in the discussion, etc.

When holding a parent meeting, you must follow all stages of its structure. This will help us not only maintain its function, but also convey the theme of the meeting, as well as the comfortable presence of all participants. This way, the parent meeting will be effective.

Arnautova E.P. We are planning to work with our family. // Management of preschool educational institutions 2002, No. 4. – 66 p.
Zvereva O. L., Krotova T. V. Communication between a teacher and parents in a preschool educational institution: Methodological aspect. — M.: Sphere shopping center, 2005
Syagina N.V. Experience of interaction between family and preschool institution // Young scientist. - 2016. - No. 23. — P. 518-521.

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When:

February 25, 2022

Where:

MBDOU "General developmental kindergarten No. 190"

Group parent meetings were held in the Kindergarten

One of the main directions of work on the interaction of a kindergarten with the families of pupils, according to the Federal State Educational Standard, is the creation in the kindergarten of the necessary conditions for the development of responsible and interdependent relationships with parents (legal representatives), ensuring the holistic development of the personality of a preschooler, increasing the competence of parents in the field of education.

Therefore, in the MBDOU “General Developmental Kindergarten No. 190”, much attention is paid to the interaction of teachers and parents in the educational process. Working with parents is a very important and necessary area of activity for administrative and teaching staff, and one of the forms of work in this area is holding parent meetings.

A parent meeting is an environment where not only educators and parents meet, but also representatives of the administration, educational psychologist, and medical worker. At the meetings, the tasks of the educational process are discussed, strategic lines of cooperation between parents and kindergarten are determined, and assistance is provided in educating the younger generation.

From February 14 to February 19, 2022, group parent meetings were held at the MBDOU “General Developmental Kindergarten No. 190”. All 12 age groups held parent meetings. The meetings were held in a non-traditional form and were dedicated to the February holidays, as well as discussion of general issues related to the prevention of influenza, ARVI and child behavior on the street in adverse weather conditions.

Many parents took an active part in the meetings and took their participation in it with great responsibility. The teachers, in turn, tried to make parent meetings interesting, using various forms, directions and methods in their work. The result of joint activities at the meeting was the making of gifts by parents and children for fathers, grandfathers and brothers, as well as the creation of congratulatory posters from the group - for the anniversary of the kindergarten.

The kindergarten and the family strive to create a unified space for the child’s development, since the further development of children depends on the joint work of parents, the kindergarten administration and teachers.

The kindergarten administration expresses gratitude to all parents who, despite their busy lives, were able to take part in group parent meetings.

Parents' committee in kindergarten: advice from "experienced"

When sending a child to kindergarten, parents have the right not only to learn about his relationships in the team, to be interested in academic success, but also to take an active part in the life of the kindergarten.

Anyone who wants to raise a self-sufficient and harmoniously developed personality, a loving and understanding child, will always find the opportunity to participate in an important stage of his life for the child - the kindergarten period.

In order for parents to be not just observers of the educational process, but also its participants, a parent committee is created. It is designed to resolve issues at various levels with the administration of the preschool institution, as well as with other organizations that provide and monitor the work of the kindergarten. In this case, a parent committee can be created in each group, and a general committee is also formed for the entire preschool institution. The main task of the parent committee is to help teachers create optimal conditions for the presence and development of children within the walls of the kindergarten.

The main responsibilities of the parent committee are:

Organize and hold unscheduled meetings in the garden to resolve important issues;
Solve financial issues, raise funds for the needs of the group;
Assist in organizing repairs in the group and on the general kindergarten territory;
Organize and purchase gifts for the holidays;
Participate in organizing events and celebrations;
The parent committee has the right to influence the activities of the teacher, recommending certain types of work;
The parent committee has the right to request from the administration of the institution a report on the distribution of kindergarten money;
They control the work of all employees of the institution and have the right to report detected violations to the relevant structures.

You can become a member of the parent committee only on a voluntary basis. The activities carried out by the committee are quite complex and responsible, and are not suitable for everyone and are not of interest to everyone. If you don't have the desire, don't force yourself to become a member of the parent committee. If possible, you can always offer your help to an already organized group of parents, for example, bring or take away something, etc.

The parent committee is elected by voting at the first parent meeting at the beginning of the school year. As a rule, there are always 3-5 self-nominated people who have enough free time and desire to help teachers organize comfortable conditions for children to stay in kindergarten.

Among them, a committee chairman is nominated who will represent the interests of the group at all general meetings of the garden and before the administration. It is he who conveys to the entire group of parents the information received at the general kindergarten meeting.

The work of the parent committee: an inside view

Meetings of the parent committee take place much more often than parent meetings and are coordinated with the kindergarten administration. But since the committee includes the most active and sociable mothers, they immediately establish contact with each other and meet to resolve issues even more often than scheduled meetings.

In order to organize its activities more clearly, all responsibilities are distributed among committee members.

Thus, one of the parents communicates with the administration of the preschool institution on pressing issues. He is almost always the chairman of the committee.
Responsible for financial matters and fundraising.
The third establishes and maintains contact with other parents.
The fourth member of the parent committee deals with repairs and other economic issues.
The fifth parent organizes gifts and actively helps the teacher in organizing children's holidays and birthdays;

The distribution can be arbitrary, depending on the desire and choice of the committee members themselves. In any case, it is recommended to select one person within the committee who will be on hand. This is the person through whom educators will communicate their needs (if you need to draw a poster, print handouts, or what to buy for the group).

Despite the fact that responsibilities are divided between members of the parent committee, all issues are still voiced and discussed collectively, which is necessary to control the intended use of common money. This is the main principle of the committee's work.

For better contact with parents, it is most convenient to create a group in instant messengers (Whats up and Viber) or social networks, where all participants will be invited. This way you can get the information across even to parents who do not attend group meetings.

Financial questions

The main problem of parent committees is raising money. This is the most time-consuming and thankless job. Of course, financial assistance to a preschool institution is voluntary. Not every parent will be happy to give up their money. But the task of the parent committee is to competently justify what and how much money is required. The amount of money collected will depend on how correctly and clearly they convey this need to other parents.

To be honest, not a single kindergarten can do without “voluntary” donations. Funds are needed for gifts for children, for the needs of the group (from toilet paper to office supplies), money has to be collected for theaters and museums.

It is best to calculate and draw up a preliminary estimate for the whole year, and then justify at the parent meeting why it is more convenient to collect such an amount of money at once. You won’t have to catch your parents every time to collect a “voluntary donation” for March 8, February 23, the purchase of stationery, etc., you won’t have to worry about late money, this way you will protect yourself from investing your “hard-earned money” for some reason. then the other parent.

Keep in mind that any parent who has made a contribution to the “common fund” has the right to check the work of the parent committee.

Important:

It is more convenient to keep all the collected money with one person - this will eliminate confusion. To save your nerves at the end of the year, we strongly advise you to keep track of your expenses. Be sure to keep receipts for any purchase, even the smallest one. They will be needed for subsequent reporting to parents about the funds spent.

How to organize everything

First, you need to find out about all the needs of the group: household goods, office supplies, etc. Usually, educators themselves convey such information to the parent committee, but you can play it safe. Based on this, you will decide how much money you need to raise. It is better to ask the teacher to provide you with the entire list of required purchases, indicating their urgency. This way you can pre-plan what to spend the collected funds on first.

Holidays and gifts in the garden

Most of the money collected always goes to purchasing gifts for various holidays: New Year, March 8, February 23, as well as birthdays and graduations. You can discuss and choose gifts at a parent meeting, as well as in a group in messengers. It is important to discuss and agree on a common opinion in advance, and also to clarify whether there are any other parents who want to help the parent committee. Parents of the group can offer you their help: take you to the base to buy gifts, help bring all the gifts to the kindergarten, package candy, etc. But, as practice shows, all issues related to purchasing gifts for children and group teachers have to be resolved independently.

Among the parents in the group, there are always a couple of three who refuse to give money for a gift to their son (daughter). The reasons may be different, and you do not have the right to demand financial investments from them. The only thing you should do is warn parents so that they take care of the gift for their children themselves, so as not to spoil the child’s holiday experience.

What should you be prepared for when becoming a member of the parent committee?

You will definitely be discussed and judged. Just be prepared for it. It's hard to please everyone, so just try to do your job conscientiously and don't worry if one of your parents didn't like the New Year's gift you bought.
You will have to constantly seek a compromise between the needs of the garden and the capabilities of the parents. Therefore, learn to politely refuse the teacher’s request, with the support of your parents.
They will constantly write and call you about various current and “ridiculous” issues.
You will spend quite a lot of personal time solving group and garden issues.
You will often be in the role of a loader, since the parent committee will have to deal with the purchase of office supplies, household goods, gifts for children and teachers.
You will have to do a lot of creative work: draw posters, decorate the halls, come up with scripts, etc.

Despite all of the above, there is no need to be afraid of working in the parent committee.
Be patient. This work is labor-intensive and thankless, but it brings a lot of benefits. By becoming a member of the parent committee, you have a direct opportunity to provide your child with the best conditions for development, education and the formation of a self-sufficient personality. Return to section