TEACHER-PARENT MEETINGS AS THE PREFERRED FORM OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL LIFE

School-family partnership is marked as an important factor of success in school work. Cooperation between school and family in the past in Albania has been quite limited, defined by the ideological character of the school. After the 90s there are strong efforts for the democratization of the Albanian school and open it in terms of cooperation, in particular with the parents and the community altogether. This cooperation is defined as a legal obligation by Law 69/2012 "On pre-university education system in the Republic of Albania". There are many ways of involving parents in school life, but among the highlights for parents as well as for teachers remain teacher-parent meeting, realized through a perennial planned schedule. Because of tradition, perception and evaluation of the usefulness of these meetings, they remain among the most popular forms of teacher-parent cooperation. The survey conducted in the district of Elbasan with 300 teachers and 300 parents of students in basic education aims to get the professional evaluation of teachers and parents about this form of cooperation between them and its impact on pupils achievements, based on assessments parents and teachers have for it. The study concludes that teacher-parent meetings remain the most acceptable form of communication and at the center of discussion at these meetings remain issues dealing with academic results and pupils behavior.