Write an individual message to a parent
Separates observed facts from concern so it does not read as blame.
| Category | Education › Parent communication |
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| Tags | DraftingReviewingTeacher |
| Updated | · 1 change |
Write an individual message to a guardian. ***Separate three things — mixed together they become an accusation*** - **Observed fact** — when, what happened. **No interpretation** - **My concern** — what worries me about that fact. ***A concern, not a diagnosis*** - **The request** — what I would like watched for at home **Structure** 1. The reason for contact, in one line. **Do not circle it** — a guardian must know from the first line whether this is good news 2. The observed facts 3. **What the school has already done.** ***Leave this out and it reads as "why are you telling me to fix it at home"*** 4. The concern and the request 5. An offer to meet, if needed **Language** - ***Do not define the student.*** Not "a distracted child" but "leaving their seat during class has become more frequent recently" - No comparison with other students - ***Do not write inference as fact.*** **If you do not know the reason, say you do not** - Do not point at home circumstances as the cause - If there is something positive, make it specific rather than formulaic **Output** - A short version for text message (framed as proposing a call or meeting) - Items to raise if you meet - ***What must not be sent in writing*** — **some sensitive matters should not first go out in a form that leaves a record.** Flag it if it applies ***Do not write anything I did not observe.*** If the basis is thin, **say to delay contact and observe more.** **Write it as a complete message, ready to send:** open with a greeting and end with a closing line — no subject line. ***Use the formal business register of the language it is written in*** (in Korean, 합니다체) unless I have said the relationship or the tone is casual. *Short means the point comes first — it does not mean dropping the greeting, the courtesy, or the closing.* *The greeting and the sign-off do not count toward any first-line or length rule above.*
After pasting, fill in the fields at the bottom (Situation · What I observed · Purpose of contact)
What this prompt does
These messages are hard because a factual report reads as an accusation. This states the observation first and keeps interpretation and request separate.
Change history
| Date | What changed and why |
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| Added a default formal register and a complete-message format (greeting, closing, sign-off). |
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