Twin Cities German Immersion School | Charter School St. Paul
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  • HOME
  • About
    • Welcome to TCGIS
    • Our School
    • School Campus
    • Our Team
    • School Board
    • Join our Team!
    • Internships
    • Org Chart
  • Family Resources
    • E-Learning Plan
    • Rundbrief 2024-25
    • Infinite Campus Parent Portal
    • Communication Expectations
    • Host an Intern
    • Student and Family Wellness
    • All Resources
  • Enroll
    • Apply Now!
    • Prospective Families
    • Admitted Families
    • School Tours
    • Virtual School Tour
    • Transportation
    • FAQ
  • School Life
    • Food Service
    • Summer Camps
    • Library
    • Intern Program
    • Kinderclub
    • Athletics
  • Community
    • Family Groups
    • Fundraising
    • Volunteer
    • Alumni
    • PTO
    • In the Media
    • Exhibits
    • Playground
  • Academics
    • Pedagogical Concept >
      • K-8 Curriculum Maps
    • Elementary School
    • Middle School
    • New to German
    • Special Education

Communication Expectations

Guidelines for Parent Communication

The purpose of this document is to serve as a general guide for ensuring effective communication from parents to teachers, staff and administrators. Communication refers to both the sending and receiving of information, such as email and notes, and verbal communications such as telephone conversations and face-to-face meetings. In order to ensure a successful exchange of information, it is important that all parties follow a few key principles.

Time to Respond to Communications
  • Teachers, staff and administrators will make every effort to respond as soon as possible to parent communications, with the understanding that the teaching day sometimes precludes immediate responses
  • Teachers, staff and administrators may need some time to collect needed information before responding. Please allow 2 full work days (student contact days) before following up on your initial communication.  

Confidentiality
  • Recognize that confidentiality may limit information that can be shared from teachers, staff and administrators to parents, including consequences for other students’ behaviors. 

Expectations for Respectful Communication
  • All parties should:
    • Enter the exchange with an open mind and assume a shared best interest for your child
    • Use and maintain a respectful and polite tone
    • State their positions clearly and avoid demands
    • Work collaboratively to solve problems 
    • Understand that there may be cultural and language barriers to take into account
    • Arrange a time to meet to discuss matters concerning your student

Please recognize that it is both the policy and the value of our school that we operate with openness, collaboration and the shared best interest for every student.  If you have questions or concerns, please contact a member of administration.
We acknowledge and appreciate that TCGIS is located on Waȟpékhute (wah-PEH-koo-tay) Dakota traditional, ancestral, and contemporary homeland, near Lake Medewaka, in the land now known as Minnesota (Mni Sota Makoce). Read our full TCGIS Indigenous Land Acknowledgement here.
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Hours

Office Hours
School Year: Mon.-Fri.​ 8:00am-4:00pm
Summer: Mon.-Fri.
​9:00am-12:00pm

Contact

Phone: 651.492.7106
Fax: ​651.330.2270
Email:​ ​[email protected]

Address

1031 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55103

Directions
Authorizer: 
University of St. Thomas Charter Authorizing Program
2115 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105

Danielle Miller, Program Manager 
Phone: 952-649-1694