This year’s Meet the Teacher Night is scheduled for Thursday, September 18th from 6-8pm and will feature an entirely new format. Instead of having parents wander through the school and attempt to follow their child’s schedule, we are moving all faculty members into the cafeteria with the exception of the Art and Technology departments, who are located in their classrooms. Parents can pick up a copy of their child’s schedule when they enter the cafeteria and can meet individually with their teachers, similar to report card conferences. Teachers will have copies of their syllabi and other important information readily available for parents to take home and review.
The reason for such a drastic change is a call for parents and teachers to forge a relationship early in the school year that will ultimately get everybody working together to improve their child’s academic achievement. For the first time, we are encouraging parents to speak about their child individually with teachers and discuss issues like their child’s strengths and weaknesses or how they feel their child learns best. This gives the teachers an early opportunity to be proactive by focusing on each individual student’s attributes.
Questions teachers may be asking parents about their children:
1) What do you see as your student’s greatest strengths and skills?
2) What are your concerns about your child in this class?
3) How and when would you like me to communicate with you this year?
4) Is there anything else you can tell me about your child that you think would help me support his/her learning?
Questions parents should ask of their child’s teachers:
1) If my child is struggling in your class, what options are there for extra help?
2) What are the most important and complex concepts that are covered in your class?
3) How do you focus on each child’s strengths or weaknesses?
4) How much homework can I expect and how can I help with it?
5) How do you ensure that my child is progressing academically?
6) How often do you communicate with parents and what is your preferred method?
7) Can you think of any careers or colleges that you think my child might be successful in?
Less than three weeks into the school year, we have an opportunity to start the year off on the right foot. If you have a child in the high school, I highly encourage you to attend this event. It is critical that teachers gather as much knowledge about each of their students as possible and they cannot do that without input from all stakeholders.
We look forward to seeing everybody next Thursday night at 6pm.
The reason for such a drastic change is a call for parents and teachers to forge a relationship early in the school year that will ultimately get everybody working together to improve their child’s academic achievement. For the first time, we are encouraging parents to speak about their child individually with teachers and discuss issues like their child’s strengths and weaknesses or how they feel their child learns best. This gives the teachers an early opportunity to be proactive by focusing on each individual student’s attributes.
Questions teachers may be asking parents about their children:
1) What do you see as your student’s greatest strengths and skills?
2) What are your concerns about your child in this class?
3) How and when would you like me to communicate with you this year?
4) Is there anything else you can tell me about your child that you think would help me support his/her learning?
Questions parents should ask of their child’s teachers:
1) If my child is struggling in your class, what options are there for extra help?
2) What are the most important and complex concepts that are covered in your class?
3) How do you focus on each child’s strengths or weaknesses?
4) How much homework can I expect and how can I help with it?
5) How do you ensure that my child is progressing academically?
6) How often do you communicate with parents and what is your preferred method?
7) Can you think of any careers or colleges that you think my child might be successful in?
Less than three weeks into the school year, we have an opportunity to start the year off on the right foot. If you have a child in the high school, I highly encourage you to attend this event. It is critical that teachers gather as much knowledge about each of their students as possible and they cannot do that without input from all stakeholders.
We look forward to seeing everybody next Thursday night at 6pm.