I know that this is a busy time of the school year, especially as we prepare for next week's Parent/Teacher Conferences. As you are getting all of your student work, data and anecdotal notes ready to meet with all of your parents, let's make sure to keep in mind:
- An ideal parent/teacher conference is a conversation between you and the child's teacher, so be sure to leave room in your scheduled time to allow for parent talk time. It may even help to jot down some questions to ask to help gather information during the conference to move forward with each student this year. (Some possibilities include: What have you observed about your child? What do you think are your child's strengths? Where do you think your child needs to grow this year?)
- This is a great opportunity to build rapport/relationship with the parents of the student to make for a successful school year. By showing each set of parents what you already know about their child's progress thus far, you are showing them how important their child is to you.
Some key pieces of information to share with parents include:
- Baseline pre-assessment data that you have and what goals you have to get the student to by the end of the year.
- Identify the student's strengths and areas for growth, along with ways that the parents can help support the student to grow.
- Share how the student has transitioned to this grade/class (or even new school for some).
- Share how the student behaves in class/specials/recess or how they get along with peers.
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