tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post5257555790434450429..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Emails From Parents Requesting ConferencesDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-20810819414591628582018-10-31T17:10:45.742-07:002018-10-31T17:10:45.742-07:00That's not a system I'm familiar with, but...That's not a system I'm familiar with, but I like it.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-22944040163215216532018-10-31T11:29:17.205-07:002018-10-31T11:29:17.205-07:00There would be parent teacher conferences schedule...There would be parent teacher conferences scheduled the week of Thanksgiving and another one scheduled in the Spring. There would be a block of time where parents could schedule a conference with your high school teachers but the parent would have to be proactive and schedule it online. The teacher would have to be available if a parent asked but most just used it as planning time as a high percentage of high school parents didn't bother.<br /><br />My wife and I found it very helpful in that one option was to ask for a joint conference. You could meet with a teacher for 10 minutes and do that times the number of teachers or you could meet all the teachers (subject to availability) in one room for 20 minutes. I found the 20 minute group meeting wonderful to find systemic issues in my child's performance and then get a consensus on how we would address the issue. Key thing was 'we.' My wife and I would be integral to any plan to fix whatever the issue was at the time. I found teachers are more than willing to work together when they realize the parent is at home and will enforce anything the teacher's come up with to solve the issue.<br /><br />Luckily, most of our child's 'issues' were how to get them to maximize their learning potential and usually not behavioral issue.Steve USMA '85https://www.blogger.com/profile/01098957060650513905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-33975354533751824532018-10-31T07:35:57.612-07:002018-10-31T07:35:57.612-07:00My district has regularly scheduled conferences wi...My district has regularly scheduled conferences with high school teachers. Haven't had any honesty at all face to face, so I go thru the Principal, with email record. <br />Biggest one was the grading policy in a dual enrollment class -- kid earned a 76 first quarter. Two emails later, it was established that the grade was based on a spelling test for the state capitals....and there was no grading policy for the course. Fail on the part of the dual enrollment provider, fail on the part of the Principal. And they had the audacity to express amazement at the number of students who elected not to take the course for college credit. For this I pay enough taxes so each makes well over $40k more than what it takes to live in the area, plus all the sky high retirement. Gross failure. My grandchildren won't be going to public school.lgmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-12815837635876297642018-10-30T16:59:07.586-07:002018-10-30T16:59:07.586-07:00Do you have regularly scheduled conferences with h...Do you have regularly scheduled conferences with high school teachers? That's not been my experience, but I'm sure it happens somewhere.<br /><br />I hope I didn't leave the wrong impression. It's not that I don't want to have conferences, it's that I don't want to have *unnecessary* conferences. There's a very large difference!Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-2335325592005984352018-10-30T03:32:32.176-07:002018-10-30T03:32:32.176-07:00It would have been my reaction to ask for a confer...It would have been my reaction to ask for a conference if I felt my child wasn't performing to his/her potential. Your answering email would probably negated the need for the meeting.<br /><br />On the other hand, I did like the regularly scheduled parent-teacher conferences. You learn things from the child's teacher outside of the actual learning of the material. Things like how they behave in class, who there friends are, suggestions for elective courses, etc. Things that a parent can use to continue to assist their child on the road to a productive life.Steve USMA '85https://www.blogger.com/profile/01098957060650513905noreply@blogger.com