Tips and Tricks for Middle School

Create a Parent Account; contact the data manager at your school if you need help setting up an account. Click HERE for Infinite Campus Instructions.

You can “Pair” with your student’s canvas account so that you can keep up with what they are assigned and what they are submitting. Contact the Technology Facilitator or School Counselor at your school if you need a pairing Code. Click HERE for directions to Pair with an Observer.

Get the emails for your student’s teachers and check-in when you are concerned about their success or if you have questions.

• ATTENDANCE is so crucial to your student’s success... have them here every day, even if they struggle to come... the consistency of coming makes for a good routine ~ grades are directly affected by attendance!!

• Check Infinite Campus every week on a specific day and have them complete ALL missing work for that week = no zeroes

• Have them show you their canvas work to check that all assignments are submitted

• Make sure they are charging their iPads every night!!! Make this a routine (where they will charge & what time they put it on the charger) - this is an easy task if it becomes a routine

• Have FIRM boundaries about exposure to social media (limit time, have phones plugged up in your room at a certain time each night, check what they are doing on their phones, etc...)

• Your students are not able to manage the social media world without you yet, so make sure they are making their stories private, blocking people that are not supportive of your student, and doing / saying things that are appropriate

• There are A LOT of predators online so have conversations with your student about being safe and what that looks like

• Be your student’s parent, not their best friend - even though it may be a lot easier to let them have their way, they crave and NEED structure!!

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