5 Tips for Great Parent-Teacher Conferences
1. Approach Parents with Positive Assumptions Parents want to partner with you. They want to see their child succeed more than anything else. Parent conferences might be an opportunity for you to surface your beliefs about parents and reflect on them but when you engage with parents, even if you hold some doubts about them, put those aside. Welcome every parent as your strongest ally in working with your student (their child). 2. Prepare, Prepare, Prepare What is your goal or objective for the time you have with parents? What exactly do you want to communicate? What would you like the outcome of this meeting to be? Here’s an example: My goal in Maria’s conference is for her mum to…