Equity in Communication

When educators and caregivers communicate, students benefit. The research backs it up! Oftentimes, full schedules, competing priorities, and even implicit biases can result in not all students’ families receiving the type of communication or frequency of communication that they need to be full partners in their child’s education.

This tool is designed to help you reflect on the equity of your communication with your students’ families. The reflection asks you to consider the type of communication each of your student’s families receive and to look for trends and patterns that will help you to ensure that all families:

• Receive positive communication about their child

• Are invited to share their expertise on their child with you

• Know what their child is learning in school

• Understand how their child is performing relative to grade-level standards

• Have tools, strategies, and resources to support learning at home

Download the editable Equity in Communication Reflection Tool below!

Once you’ve had the chance to use the tool in your classroom, let us know what you learned!