Need Advice on Setting up Monthly Preschool Meetings

Never heard of this, is there a problem with communication? I've found most preschools and daycare have excellent systems in place between parents and teachers (like a daily "how was my day?" type note.)

Hello SH: As the mother of 5, and now the Grandmother of several, and having had a Day Care for several years. I wanted to answer with my 2 cents worth of thoughts.
I am not sure why you have put your child into pre-school, becasue it clearly shows that you are not in the least trustful of the people you have put the child with be it this place or another one. When you put your child in a pre-school you need to understand that YOU are not the only parent in the school and that for them to have to keep you happy they can't help the other parents and the children which is their 1st priority. I would with my own children with teachers have a notebook with communication written back and forth-- short and sweet, and I was always open to meeting withthe teacher and they with me but I also respected that they weren't paid to be at my beck and call that our meeetings were an extra for them. With my Day Care,I did the same thing but the parents knew I only read them during nap time and didn't have time for journals but exchange of information. At some point you will have to either learn to let go and not control the people in your childs life or get a Nanny that you pay well for to do it your way and in your home.I am working as a Nanny now 2-3 days a week where the parents are in law enforcement .
You may wish to reexamine your plan and how you approach this pre-school becasue they may get so frustrated and ask you to go elsewhere. But in all reality not even in Kindergarten will you have monthly meetings let alone any other grade unless your child has many problems-- you not being one of them.
I respectfully hope that you will get some peace and understanding of your own reasons for the control that you desire. NanaGlenda

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Hello Again SH: I know that I answered earlier today, but I was in conversation with some Pre-School owners and teachers and granddaughters preschool and just asked about how parents go about with communication. These are the answers I recieved and I hope that it may be helpful.
1. Communication Journals
2.e-mail
3.2 1/2 minuet information exchange at the door as they go in or out.
None seemed to know of any monthly meetings except for Co-Op preschools which have a required parenting class,educational topic class with a guest speaker once a month. As a past President of our local Co-Op Preschool, I can tell you that the time that you are required to be there hands on really helps to answer your questions and to enlighten you about the whys of how they do things at the school.
I also have thought about your concern for your little ones nap. Since Co-Ops are generally set up so that one age group is in the morning and another in the afternoon, youwould avoid the nap conflict that you have. I know that even the 3y/os were required to have 1 hour of quiet time to color or look at books, since I had a certain # of adults to children didn't have any of them seperated so they could be free to raom during that time or there would not have been enough supervision for the rest. That time was my lunch break,journal time and my quiet time to set up for the next activity. The leaders I talked to said they did a simular thing with nap time. As for food I brought my children's as a rule but the menu for my Granddaughter was well balanced and thought out.
I hope that some of this will be helpful in your quest.

Not quite sure what you are looking for... Is this basically like a PTA? (Parent Teacher Association)

Dear S H,
Please don't take this the wrong way. If I'm off base, I will apologize ahead of time.
Yesterday you wrote about the school allowing your child to nap with the other children against your expressed wishes and today you are asking about how to "chair" ongoing meetings to facilitate communication between staff and parents and how to go about setting up the meetings.
It kind of sounds like you want to run the preschool.
Again, that may not be true and communication is always good.
No offense, but, why aren't you asking the staff and the other parents involved about setting up the meetings?
Communication is ALWAYS good, but when you mention "chairing"....
do you want people elected to positions, etc? Are you electing yourself to head this up?
Maybe what you should do is write up a proposal to present to the staff as far as what your goals are for the meetings, why you think they are important, how often you think you should have them, where, and what you hope to achieve. Perhaps they would allow you to put something on the bulletin board to see how many other parents would be willing or able to participate and what their feedback is. It's very likely there are parents of diverse backgrounds and schedules so logistics is certainly something to consider.
Some preschools have low-key monthly meetings and it's just a time for everyone to get together and discuss upcoming projects or fund raising, etc. Many parents with kids in pre-school work, so their communication with staff is handled day to day or weekly and if they can't attend meetings, they are apprised of everything that's going on.
LIke I said, come up with a proposal and see who you have on board with your idea. Invite everyone to your house and provide snacks and see how they all feel about meeting together once a month or so or how they feel communication could be improved. Then, go from there. There's nothing stopping you from having gatherings at your house. It might be fun.

We do co-op, there is a board meeting the fourth Wednesday of each month, and a parent meeting every second Wednesday at 6:30pm. We do snacks and social for the first fifteen minutes, then meet as a group to discuss: board elections, classroom cleanings, upcoming events, fundraising, etc. Then we break into individual meetings for the 2s, 3s, and 4s classes to discuss what's happening in our class and child development or parent education. Works really well!