Getting parents involved and excited about parent-teacher conferences can be challenging. They may be nervous about attending, because of their own anxieties about school or worried about their child’s performance in class. Two Really Good Teachers shared their strategies with us for getting parents to conferences and working with them to address any academic or…
How to Get Parents Invested in Conferences
It’s that time of the year again. The time when teachers around the country wait anxiously to meet the families of their students and share with them their child’s progress. Parent-Teacher conference time may be a hectic, busy time of the year, but it’s essential for building that relationship between school and home. When…
Parent Teacher Conferences or Family Teacher Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences should be renamed Family Teacher Conferences since more and more students are being raised by grandparents, aunts, uncles, and older siblings. Regardless of the name, conferences are an important component of the school to home connection. The family and the teacher can sit down and truly discuss the student’s progress, celebrations, concerns,…