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Once again, we will be using ParentSquare for Conference Sign-ups. Conferences will be held on Thursday, September 24th (CFHS/CFMS), Thursday, October 22nd (All), and Thursday November 5th (Elementary Only) from 4:00-7:30 pm. Click below for the IMPORTANT details for YOUR building:
For our October and November conferences, we will be pushing out one school-wide post with everyone's links, you will be creating the sign-ups and then have the opportunity to send it out to select families before the district-wide post goes live. Follow the directions below to set up your conferences and be sure to copy the post link and place it in the correct spreadsheet for use in the live post.
Create your individual sign-up post:
View this Scribe tutorial to create the post and share it with your individual families.
Paste your Post link in the spreadsheet:
Copy your Post link using the directions in the Scribe tutorial above and paste it into this Spreadsheet for use in our district-wide live post.
Only grade level Gen Ed teachers are listed, as each school runs their conferences differently. If you are a Specials Teacher, IS, Counselor, or Coach and plan on making conferences available to parents, please feel free to add your name to the bottom along with your individual link.
Meet with your team to coordinate schedules:
Check in with your IS or EL instructor for any conferences you need to collaborate on. Add them as collaborators using the instructions in the Scribe tutorial.
Schedule your interpreters:
Work with your EL instructor to schedule any interpreters for your families.
Contact your preferred parents/guardians directly:
Instructions are at the end of the Scribe tutorial above.
Block off unavailable time slots:
If you have any group conferences or conflicting meetings, please block off any unavailable time slots.
For any questions, special circumstances, or general assistance, please feel free to reach out to Erin Fulton.
Building-Level Post: Instead of each team sending out their post, we will use one CFMS building-wide post that is scheduled to go out on Thursday, September 10th at 6:00 PM.
Team Sign-Up Pages: I have already created a team sign-up post for each team and made the "core four" teachers and their intervention specialist a managing admin on the post. Feel free to check and edit any details (fix my mistakes!), just make sure to reschedule the post to go out on 9/10. I have these set as "Do not notify (only post on 'Posts' page)" so parent's don't get hit with multiple alerts.
Contact your preferred parents/guardians directly: Find your team sign-up page link on the building-level post above and send them a link to your sign-up post before it's publicly available.
Once the post goes live on September 10th, the remaining spots will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you are not a "core four" team teacher, this link will have the updated list of conferences scheduled so you can see which conferences you want/need to attend.
Create your individual sign-up post:
Rather than ALL teachers notifying parents when these post, we will have ONE building-wide post to ALL families that says to check their feed.
Schedule your individual sign-up post to go live on September 10th at 6:00 PM.
Choose "Do not notify (only post on 'Posts' page)."
If needed, feel free to use this step-by-step tutorial to help you create your post.
Contact your preferred parents/guardians directly:
Send them a link to your sign-up post before it's publicly available.
Block off unavailable time slots:
If you have any group conferences or conflicting meetings, please block off any unavailable time slots.
Once the post goes live on September 10th, the remaining spots will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Mr. Oris will be available for support in the makerspace (2000D) all day on Wednesday, September 9.
Feel free to use this conference header image, or this conference header template to add your name and room number on the image, and this description:
Conferences for _____ will be held in room _ on Thursday, September 24th and Thursday, October 22nd from 4:00-7:30 pm.
I will be contacting families personally before September 10th if I am requesting to see you at conferences. On September 10th, all remaining time slots will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for anyone else who wishes to schedule a conference.
To sign up for a conference, choose from one of the available time slots. When doing so, please use the optional note to specify any concerns you have.
Please know that when you sign up, you will see confirmation on the sign-up page by seeing your name. You will NOT receive a confirmation email from ParentSquare, but you will receive a reminder from them the day before your appointment. Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you soon!
{Teacher(s) Name}
You can block off a time slot by:
1) Click "Edit"
2) "X" the slot(s) to remove
3) Click "Schedule" (or "Save" if it's already posted)
You can quickly and easily send a message to those who signed up in ParentSquare. The message will be instantly sent and will also be added as a comment to the original post.
If you forgot to check the box to "Hide names of users who sign up," or want to make sure they are hidden, you can check and/or change your sign up settings.
Add another teacher as a managing admin to your post so they can see it and get email alerts.
If you forgot to add a class to a conference post, you can't simply edit the post to add them. The best way to accomplish this is to share the sign up link to that class in a separate post.
There is no "setting" to choose how far in advance conferences must be signed up for (Google Calendar had that). However, you could set a reminder for yourself at your preferred time to "Disable" the rest of the available open slots.
Here is ParentSquare's resource page on how to create, send, and monitor Conference sign-ups.
Looking for more training information about ParentSquare, visit our resource or their resource page.
If you still have questions, email your Tech Coach: Erin Fulton or Alex Oris
Skip to the Chapter in the Video you Need:
00:30- Creating an Appointment Sign-up
02:00- Eliminating Appointment Slots
02:54- Writing the ParentSquare Post
04:50- Schedule the Post
06:21- Viewing Sign ups, Add Someone Manually, Block off a Time, Delete an Appointment
07:36- Share Sign Ups with a Link
08:33- Confirmation of Sign Ups
09:10- Viewing the Parent Side
Step-by-step Directions: