101. Conducting Successful Parent Conferences HOME Teachers Toolbag Understand parents rights CONDUCTING SUCCESSFUL How to Conduct Successful parent conferences. by Joan Hegarty Givens, http://www.atpe.org/TeachersToolbag/piConf.htm

Teachers' Toolbag Home About Us Contact Us Site Map A SSOCIATION OF T EXAS P ROFESSIONAL E DUCATORS MAIN SECTIONS: Legal Issues Education Issues Legislative Advocacy TAKS Resources ... Student Teachers SPECIAL SECTIONS: Online CPE Awards and Grants Publications Pressroom ... Calendar MEMBERS' CORNER: Log In Send us your e-mail address Order your ATPE 25th Anniversary Commemorative Print today! ... E-MAIL THIS PAGE TO A FRIEND RELATED LINKS Tips for working with parents Involve Spanish-speaking parents Understand parents' rights Online resources ... Understand parents' rights How to Conduct Successful Parent Conferences by Joan Hegarty Givens, licensed professional counselor Pre-conference prep Identify your goals. This might include general goals for all students’ conferences and more individualized goals for specific students. Capture parents’ attention by personalizing the invitation. Provide a special written invitation, not one that looks like it has been broadcast to hundreds of others. Or, make phone calls or send e-mails that encourage attendance. Such efforts provide parents with a sense that you really want them to join you and increase the likelihood they will come. You could let students design their parents’ invitations. Tell parents what you hope to accomplish at the meeting.

102. Untitled It comes in very handy when parent conferences roll around! A form to helpteachers and parents keep track of a kids academic progress by denoting http://www.teachertools.org/forms_dynam.asp

Discipline Academic Communication Other Forms and Letters Discipline Behavior Documentation Shelli Temple A form to document behavior for individual students. Meant to be kept as a class set in a folder with a behavior log for each student. [download] Behavior Journal Shelli Temple This journal style form can be given to students whenever they break a classroom rule or an incident occurs. After discussing it with the student, it is placed in their file for future reference. [download] Detention Assignment Shelli Temple A form to notify students that they have been assigned detention. After the student has signed the form, the form is given back to the teacher for updating the detention list. After the detention has been served, the form is placed in the student's file for documentation. [download] Detention Sign-in Shelli Temple In table format, this form can easily be updated with student names, then printed for posting. As students serve the assigned detention, they may sign beside their name for documentation purposes. [download] Detention Teacher Assignment Shelli Temple A form for teachers to document how many detentions they have assigned daily.

103. Beyond The Parent Teacher Conference - Diverse Patterns Of Home School Communica Beyond the parentteacher Conference Diverse Patterns of Home-School Communication -report by Harvard Family Research Project. http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/pubs/onlinepubs/beyondptc.html

Beyond the Parent-Teacher Conference: Diverse Patterns of Home-School Communication By Heather Weiss Holly Kreider , Eliot Levine, Ellen Mayer , Jenny Stadler, and Peggy Vaughan Presented April 1998 at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference in San Diego, California Introduction Method Findings Discussion ... References Introduction One central aspect of parent involvement which merits such in-depth scrutiny is home-school communication, a phenomenon that comprises one category of Epstein's (1996) well-known typology of parent involvement activities. Discussions about home-school communication generally focus on formal, scheduled school activities that are offered to all parents, such as parent-teacher conferences or back-to-school nights. In contrast, this paper examines a variety of alternative communication patterns that emerged in the School Transition Study as important mechanisms for parents and teachers to gain information and make decisions about children. These patterns, in contrast to activities such as parent-teacher conferences, are often less formal and arise out of situations specific to a particular child.

104. Preparing Teachers To Work With Parents. ERIC Digest. Respondents replied that the most popular topic is parent conferences. visit master teachers in classrooms to observe and critique parent conferences. http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-3/parents.htm

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Hiatt-Michael, Diana Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education Washington DC. Preparing Teachers To Work with Parents. ERIC Digest. Outstanding teachers, such as those selected for the Milken Teaching Award or those who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification, regularly communicate with the parents of their students. These teachers appreciate the value of home-school communication because experience has shown that understanding the family is essential to effectively work with the student. RESEARCH ON PARENT INVOLVEMENT A review of research from the past two decades confirms the importance of parent involvement (Epstein, 2001; Hiatt-Michael, 2001). Teachers' efforts to involve families promote the following: better student attendance; higher graduation rate from high school; fewer retentions in the same grade; increased levels of parent and student satisfaction with school; more accurate diagnosis f students for educational placement in classes; reduced number of negative behavior reports; and, most notably, higher achievement scores on reading and math tests. Based upon these findings, National Education Goals and Improving America's Schools Act [IASA] in 1994 brought the importance of parent involvement to the forefront in schools and school districts. The eighth goal in National Education Goals supports "school partnerships that will increase parent involvement and participation in promoting the social, emotional, and academic growth of children" (U.S. Department of Education, 1994). The IASA requires that districts that receive more than $500,000 per year must allocate 1% of those funds for parent involvement activity.

105. TAGT Parent Conference Each year TAGT selects its teacher of the Year someone who exemplifies the best and all expenses paid at the TAGT Annual Conference. parent of the Year http://www.txgifted.org/Marketing/Sponsor.html

Sponsorship Opportunities TAGT provides many opportunities for vendors to reach the TAGT membership at the Annual Professional Development Conference. President’s Reception The invitation-only guest list of 100 consists of people who have been involved with TAGT for many years, including Past-Presidents, Educators, Administrators, Superintendents, Legacy Vendors, and Parents, as well as current TAGT Board Members. These are key Texans who make a difference in gifted education. President’s Sponsor Benefits - $7500 Sole sponsorship of event, if requested Company logo on board gifts Event signage Link on the TAGT website Table display of sponsor materials Standard-size booth for the Exhibit Show Advertisement space in the conference program Recognition in the slide show during the general sessions 10 minutes of speaking time at the reception Sponsorship covers food, beverage, space and decorations Leadership Sponsor Benefits - $5000 Event signage Link on the TAGT website Advertisement space in the conference program Table display of sponsor materials Recognition in the slide show during the general sessions 5 minutes of speaking time at the Reception Sponsorship covers food, beverage, space and decorations

106. USD253 Board Policies - JFAC, JFAC-R - Parent Conferences Board Policies JFAC, JFAC-R - Students / parent conferences. parent-teacherconferences are to supplement, not replace, written progress reports. http://www.usd253.org/board_policies/JFAC.htm

Table of Contents/Search Board of Education USD253 Home Section J - Students JFAC Parent Conferences Each building principal shall establish a schedule for parent-teacher conferences. No more than two school days shall be used for parent-teacher conferences each semester except that kindergarten teachers may use three school days for this purpose. Approved: June 22, 1993 Amended: September 26, 1995 JFAC-R Parent Conferences Parent-teacher conferences are to supplement, not replace, written progress reports. Report cards are to be issued at the end of each quarter of the school year. Exceptions must be approved by the superintendent. Elementary School Parent-Teacher Conferences Guidelines recommended by the teachers and adopted by the board are as follows: File folder of each student (i.e.: Collection of current daily work); Paragraph written before and after conference by teacher; Points of discussion; Parents reaction; Plans for future work; Copy of conference schedule sent to parents plus note stressing necessity of staying on schedule; Five minute break between conferences (to make notes and papers for next conference);

107. LD OnLine - Preparing Teachers To Work With Parents for parents, teachers, and other professionals Respondents replied that themost popular topic is parent conferences. This finding is important because http://www.ldonline.org/article.php?id=994&loc=103

108. LD OnLine - Preparing Teachers To Work With Parents Respondents replied that the most popular topic is parent conferences. Administrators, teachers, and parents at each participating site collaborate on http://www.ldonline.org/text.php?max=20&id=994&loc=103

109. Teachers.Net Gazette October 2002 - BARBARA GRUBER AND SUE GRUBER: 10 TIPS FOR T parent Conference week is such a busy time for teachers. Do you start gettingpanicky as parent conference time rolls around? Do you get tired just thinking http://www.teachers.net/gazette/OCT02/gruber.html

My Links: chat center Chatboards Chat Center ... TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE Volume 3 Number 10 COVER STORY "Everybody loves hummingbirds, and they are wonderful tools to excite students about learning." That quote from a classroom teacher is the basic premise of Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project COLUMNS Effective Practices Apply to All Teachers Effective Teaching Given Names - When NOT to Use Them and when TO Use Them Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall 10 Tips for the Best Parent Conferences Ever! Instant Ideas for Busy Teachers by Barbara Gruber and Sue Gruber Assessment of Online Discussions Online Classrooms Internet Security for Kids Ask the School Psychologist by Beth Bruno Talking about the Six Traits and Quality Writing The Eclectic Teacher by Ginny Hoover Primary Sites Grades Pre-K to 3 The Busy Educator's Monthly Five (5 Sites for Busy Educators) by Marjan Glavac That's Novel! 4 Blocks by Cheryl Sigmon October Articles October Regular Features October Informational Items Gazette Home Delivery: About Barbara Gruber and Sue Gruber... Barbara Gruber and Sue Gruber are a mother-daughter writing team who share a passion for teaching and writing. This is not an "overnight success" storythey have been writing together for eighteen years. They are currently developing new educational products to be released by publishers this spring. They have written and sold over one hundred fifty educational products to publishers which are sold worldwide.

110. Book Review: Getting Your Math Message Out To Parents Getting Your Math Message Out to Parents A K–6 Resource She also discussesscheduling conferences and the type of preparation teachers might consider http://www.mathsolutions.com/mb/content/publications/reviews/rev_get_00.html

Book Review by Nancy Litton The following book reviews are by Dr. Tim Martin, endowed chair of mathematics, El Dorado Public Schools and El Dorado Education Foundation (joint responsibility) El Dorado, Arkansas, and Gregg McMann, Ph.D., mathematics consultant, Oakland Schools Intermediate School District, Waterford, Michigan. They appeared originally in the April 2000 issue of Intersection, a newsletter published 10 times a year by ExxonMobil Foundation and NCTM. Reprinted with permission. (Sausalito, CA: Math Solutions Publications, 1998), is an excellent guide for new teachers, as well as for seasoned veterans, on methods to bring parents more into the fold of educating children in the learning of mathematics. Litton provides five chapters of templates and ideas that could be adapted for any grade level. By clearly making parents players in the educational process from day one, she demonstrates simple and practical techniques to help parents understand the learning process of mathematics. For instance, in the appendix to chapter one, she gives examples of the many different methods for discovering how to understand division. In chapters two and three, she offers suggestions and ideas to be used during a parent conference, and during a Family Math night.

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