Studying the lived experience of teachers, parents and professionals, from the challenges governing the meetings of the Parents and Teachers Association and providing solutions

The purpose of the research is to study the lived experiences of teachers, parents and professionals regarding the challenges governing the parent-teacher association meetings and to provide solutions. Qualitative and phenomenological methods were used in this research. The interviewees of the research included all teachers, parents and specialists of Ardabil city in the academic year of 2022-2023. To select the participants, targeted and saturation sampling was used and 21 teachers, 16 parents and 19 specialists were selected. Data were collected using interviews with open and semi-structured questions. Validity and reliability of interviews were determined through triangulation technique, member control technique, parallel accurate information acquisition technique and researchers' self-review. In the interview with the teachers, the majority of them emphasized and provided solutions to the challenges in the parent-teacher association meetings. The parents also listed the challenges and solutions for these meetings and finally, after explaining the reasons for holding or not holding parent-teacher meetings and the topics and content required to be presented in these meetings, for the proper implementation of the meetings, the experts introduced methods and requirements such as the use of electronic devices, the requirements for discussions in the meeting, the manners of participating in the meetings, and the use of the necessary facilities.