Monday, October 17th

Grade: 9-12

Topic: Parent Conferences Prep & Preview of Resource Night

Objective: Students will schedule their Fall Parent conference.

ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors Standard (s); B-SS 3: Create relationships with adults that support success

Materials:

• Conference Schedule

• Translator Sign Ups

• Resource Fair Slideshow (below)

Procedures:

Scheduling Conferences

Parent- Teacher conferences will be on Monday, October 24th (Also Resource Night) and Thursday, October 27th. This is an opportunity for parents to learn how their student is progressing half way through the semester.

Conference expectations:

• Split your conferences between both nights between 4 – 8 p.m..

• Each student in your Connections will have a folder with pertinent information for you to share with student/parent(s) briefly (5 – 10 minutes).

• Please strongly emphasize to parents to visit with all teachers where the students is not performing well (highlight this/give room numbers).

• Complete "Come See Me" invitations for students in your content classes you have concerns about or want to share positive news to stop by and see you at conferences. (Give the invite to their Connections teacher)

• Post your schedule for both nights so parents can easily see when you are available.

• Encourage parents to stop by tables in the commons for resources.

• Be sure you are reaching out to parents yourself to schedule or confirm the conference. Don’t rely only on the students to communicate because it is often not shared at home.

• Space out times of conferences so you have openings if other parents drop in.

• Sign up for translators if needed. Translator Sign Ups

Review Information on Resource Fair