Another set of parent-teacher conferences have come and gone. This will be my 33rd round of these meetings. Always, every year, I await this time with feelings of dread, reluctance, anticipation, and eagerness. I can never remember faces from Supply Drop Off night (who can with the amount of kids, parents, grandparents, etc eagerly pouring into the room). Beginning a conversation with, "Whose student are you?" isn't always such a great opener.
I will say that this round of conferences went well....even though we departmentalize and I have 60 students. We had right around 50 of the 60 students met with. Of course we had a few no-shows, only 2 actually. I like parent-teacher conferences, but I just wish it wasn't all jam-packed into two nights. This makes for one weary teacher. Thank goodness we get a day off after completion!
Rolling through about 25 conferences in 4 hours two nights a week is no joke. I am glad we had the turnout we did. Communication between parents and students is important. I just hope that
a) Parents understand what we are trying to assess.
b) Both parties uphold standards and trials of new ideas to best help students.
c) Administration continues to see that this communication is vital and to please, please, please give us more time to prepare for these nights.
