Magnolia Charter Schools

Home Visits

Magnolia Schools encourages its teachers and parents to make home visits to their students to establish a better communication between home and school. Home visits are voluntary for both Magnolia Schools 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 30 min to 1 hour. 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 get involved.
• Discuss next visit.