Mastering Parent Handling Skills for Teachers and Administrators is a short online professional development course from TEFL Wonderland. If you are looking for a practical parent handling skills course, it gives you strategies you can use in your next lesson. You learn to communicate clearly and respectfully with parents, build trust, handle complaints and disagreements constructively, and encourage meaningful parent involvement, through interactive exercises, case studies and real-life scenarios.
What you will learn
- The challenges of dealing with parents
- Parents’ expectations vs school expectations
- Types of parents, teachers, administrators and principals
- Building strong parent-school partnerships
- Active listening techniques, and empathy vs sympathy
- Decoding body language and interpreting verbal cues
- Effective strategies for handling difficult situations
- Cultural intelligence, and avoiding cultural misunderstandings
- Best practices for parent-teacher conferences
Parent handling skills course: at a glance
- A short online course you can fit around your teaching
- Online and gamified, with a checkpoint at the end of each territory
- A TEFL Wonderland certificate of completion, with a verification number and QR code
Who this parent handling skills course is for
It is designed for teachers, principals and administrative staff. It is a free bonus course with our Ofqual-regulated TESOL qualifications. No special software is needed: all you need is an internet connection.
How it works
- Enroll and pay securely online by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal.
- Our team emails your course login.
- Work through the course online, passing the checkpoints and completing the course evaluation.
- Receive your certificate of completion.
Frequently asked questions
Is this parent handling skills course online?
Yes. It is online and gamified, with a checkpoint at the end of each territory.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. You receive a TEFL Wonderland certificate of completion with a verification number and QR code.
Can my school enroll a group of teachers?
Yes. Ask us about group enrollment for your school or institution through the advice form.
Why choose TEFL Wonderland
Choosing this parent handling skills course means learning with TEFL Wonderland – Brilliant Minds, a team of university professors, TESOL experts and certified examiners based in Ottawa, Canada, with learners and partners around the world. We create learning experiences, not click-and-read courses, and we are an approved center of Gatehouse Awards, an Ofqual-regulated awarding body. Questions before you enroll? Email support@teflwonderland.com and our team will help.
Browse more short courses on our professional development page, or take a recognized qualification on the TESOL courses page.