Virtual Meet the Teacher Open House Ideas for Back to School 2020
Meet the Teacher Open House is one of the biggest nights of the year – how can you make this event virtual back to school 2020? If you are wondering (or panicked!) Let’s walk through a Virtual Meet the Teacher Open House for 2020 perfect for ANY elementary classroom!
What are Virtual Meet the Teacher Ideas for 2020?
First establish goals of a Meet the Teacher/Open House which would typically include:
- establish connection with families. Share info about yourself
- communicate important classroom information
- Introduce students to your space and/or virtual classroom environment or learning platform
All of these pieces can be done virtually and still accomplish those goals.
These Editable Back to School Postcards are such a favorite. Establishing the connection to families early. I love to add a QR code or picture. Easy to link to your “virtual” classroom space or a classroom website where parents can read more.
Where are Virtual Open House Meet the Teacher Templates for 2020?
Establishing Family Connection
- Use a FREE Back to School Postcard to get families involved and excited ahead of school!
- Put out student or family yard signs to show community! Tape a fun game or poem to back for students to read. Especially being virtual this really builds connection!
- Have a welcome letter about yourself. TIP: Use your exact one from past and just link to parents!! No need to reinvent the wheel here.
- Play a fun game together and record responses like this Emoji Bubble Pop Introductions. Customize the questions to apply to your students!
Communicate Important Information
- Make sure to have a scheduled time of event for parents to visit with any questions. Send information ahead of time and have an open Zoom room for them to drop in and out and introduce themselves. Always make sure contact info is front and center for distance learning!
- Have parents sign up for a video chat (10 min!) with you to ask any questions and make sure they have signed the form. Again – this would be a fun place to play an intro game together!
- Do you have a classroom handbook? If so – this would be a great link again of just the document already made for families to browse!
Introduce students/families to classroom Environment
- Open house is a great for a classroom tour. A virtual tour for back to school 2020 could be of your classroom or of your learning management or meeting software so students get familiar!
- Introduce students and parents to basic expectations. Traditionally this would be turning in homework, expectations for class, etc… so make sure to give that info in a presentation or attached document for parents to view and ask questions!
- FREE Back to School Distance Learning plans with great ideas to help with what parents will WANT to know! If you want to really up your student engagement then check out this distance learning engagement workshop!
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So much awesome material, postcards and yard signs. Looking to have a positive year! Thank you for the resources.
I like the emoji bubble pop slide. It looks fun! Communication is key. Thank you for all the great ideas.
I appreciate your great ideas!
The bitmoji introduction activity is so fun! Students will love choosing the bitmoji and I think it will offer engagement!
Great stuff. I love the information. Thanks for sharing. This will be vital information for 2020-21 school year.
Kids love getting mail so the back to school postcards are great! The emoji bubble pop is fun!
Awesome material! Hope everyone has a positive school year.
Love the post card. Thank you for all the ideas to use/share on a virtual meet the teacher night!
The back to school postcards are so fun to send! Students love and I like how easy they are to make and send!
I love the yard signs! It builds community connections!
I love the yard signs! It builds community connections!
Back to school postcards have always been my go-to for my new class. I’m going to send a digital version this year since I have everyone’s email or cell phone number.
Angela – I didn’t even think of that. What a great idea!
Love the postcards! I just wish the distance learning engagement workshop wasn’t so pricey. It looks like a great one.
I like that by doing this it can help everyone feel a little normal and feel welcoming.
Exactly! These small pieces, while not making everything “ok” can make distance learning back to school seem more close and connected!
I made my first virtual meet the teacher this year. Such strange times we are living!
These ideas are great, I plan on sharing the ideas with my colleagues.
Tbamk you for the ideas. I see you do a flip book for open house. How would you share this with parents?
I like the emoji bubble pop slide. It looks fun! We are starting remote so we will need to discuss classroom and remote expectations.
These look wonderful. I really hope that this is just for one year. We can make it!
YES! I love your positivity Lori! What a great attitude to start the year.
I just sent out my welcome letters, but I’m definitely going to think about using post cards next year! That’s a great idea!
Loved the Back to School postcards and E Bubbles!
Great post! It actually made me feel less overwhelmed!
I love the postcards!! I have been looking for a cute way to introduce myself to my new students and their families!! I also love the idea of a virtual open house or meet and greet!! Thanks for sharing!!
I love the postcard idea! Such good way to connect with the kids!
Thank you for sharing these ideas! I can’t wait to share them with my students!!
Thank you for sharing these ideas!
Thanks for the great ideas!
The ideas for the Virtual Meet the teacher are fantastic. Your ideas have helped me get my virtual meet the teacher off to a great start. I always send welcome to school post card and the ones you feature offer great variety. The yard signs are a good way of showing our students we care.
Love the postcard idea, especially since I can’t meet the students in person…
I love the idea of family yard signs. I think this will help get the whole family connected and want to participate in eLearning.
Thanks for sharing 😀
Emoji introduction is such a cute idea!
These are really great ideas!! I like the postcard being sent home and perhaps link I ng it to a video or the link that I would be streaming from to “meet the teacher.”
Thanks for all of the virtual meet the teacher tips! I love the idea of virtual postcards!
Yes, going over routines will be crucial.
Great ideas! I liked the ones about establishing a family connection. We have already been told that we will have a virtual back to school night and parent teacher conferences- so family connections at the beginning are extremely important,
I love the Idea of sending a postcard with a QR code that links them to information they will need. I will be doing this!
I love those Back to School Welcome cards! I’m feeling a little anxious about a virtual back to school night, but these seem very do-able. Thank you!
Brilliant! I’m definitely pitching these ideas to the team. I really hope that this is just for a year. I don’t like this “new normal”. We can make it, teachers!
I think this will be my first project as I start to tackle back to school. Thank you for the inspiration! (I’m actually feeling a little excited and not so nervous!)
I like your ideas. It is so important for the parents to know your expectations and procedures. There needs to be parent buy-in especially in a virtual learning situation.
Love the postcard idea! Especially if we are teaching virtual, Hoping to know soon!
Thank you for these great ideas. Connecting with parents will be essential as we begin the year with remote learning.
There are some really helpful ideas here!
I can’t wait to give the postcard idea a try.
Really like the idea of using the yard signs as postcards! Thank you!
Kim H.
So many great ideas! Thank you!
I am a 5th grade teacher in Arizona and start school next week. A little late for the postcard idea, although I LOVE IT. I still snagged the resource and might send it out after our first week or two together. Really like the yard sign idea, too! Thanks so much for sharing!
Really love this idea. We haven’t been told how we are doing open house yet. But I’m going to dig into the virtual one.
Great virtual back to school ideas. I will be starting virtually and these will help.
Love the postcard idea!
Great ideas
These are all amazing ideas that I will be using! Thank you!!
These ideas about including families early on in the school year are amazing! The resource is going to be so useful!
I love these ideas for connecting with families. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the tips! I hosted a parent Q&A in the spring when we just started with remote learning. The parents who came all seemed to appreciate the time to ask questions.
I will be using your postcard idea. Thank you
The yard signs are excellent!
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