Parent meetings should be more practical and meaningful

During the first two school year sessions at two different levels (primary and lower secondary), I found the content of the meetings to be repeated as the script was available and the voice of the parents in the meetings was very blurry. , almost no interaction between teachers and parents.

The first time parents receive a new paper for a meeting, they will be waiting to see how the teacher will know about the situation and the rules of the child after about 2 weeks of formal education. But that is very rare in parent meetings or just a superficial, most general appearance. For parents who have experienced three or more times, parents will remember to bring a sum of money to pay class funds and school funds at the beginning of the year.

A parent meeting usually consists of two parts, the first being administered by the teacher, which includes a description of the overall situation, the school's performance and academic performance, and the class's behavior; The following is the Parents' Working Class (CMHS) of the working class, notifying the students of the class and children of holidays and Tet holidays. class fund.

What do parents expect in a parent meeting? Of course, I do not expect to receive general information such as how many classrooms, how many teachers, what percentage of teachers meet the standards and how much or what facilities. She even introduced her address, phone number, school website, etc. When she sent her children to school, more or less parents got to know the information and not necessarily reminded them. Repeat as "read the report" to each of the numbers are very boring.

What I would like to receive from the early parent meetings is that the teacher instructs me on what your child's specific learning situation is. If your child is well educated, I am sure that if you have a lot of restrictions, I will take steps to help you improve. May not be too close, but the time since the beginning of school, usually starting in August or early September, is probably enough for each teacher to draw the most basic assessment in terms of positive, limited of each student.

I think the general comments are like "Most of the children are good but some of you are very active and playful", "Most of the children in the class are pretty nice, clean, but still some friends misspellings, unequal words, "or" some of you forget books, school supplies, "" some of you talk in class, "" the children eat good sleep but still some eat little sleep "...

I think these general remarks should be replaced by specific comments about each student in terms of both positive and negative aspects. Parent meetings are a great way to tell your child's learning situation so that parents know and coordinate with their teachers better in their education so there is no reason to say either general or overdone.

To know the specific situation of the children, after the meeting is often a lot of parents lingered to ask the teacher, parents do not have enough time to leave with the thought of meeting with another teacher or call asked her later. That made both teachers and parents spend more time.

From the fact that only general information is received, there is little interaction with the parents. Ultimately, parents will only listen and complete the paperwork required by the school. When leaving home, if asked by relatives today to go to meeting the situation is not how to answer ...

Thought, each parent meeting is a rare opportunity for parents and teachers to meet, interact, interact with each other in the most friendly and effective way. Because not every parent has enough time to meet each other to meet her own "confession" and teacher can not always have enough time to exchange all parent to parent other. Then, the teacher should "refresh" the content of the parent conference, take the student centered to the story, the comments become more specific, practical and rewarding.

The announcement of the general situation of the school, achievements, awards, targets of the school, the class just briefly listed and read each number exactly. Instead, the teacher gives a detailed review of each student and discusses the issues parents need to address in order to better coordinate the school. When the teacher elicits issues directly related to her child, the parent will enthusiastically contribute ideas, interact with the teacher. So both she and her parents understand more about her strengths and limitations.

If possible, teachers should be able to introduce parents to the curriculum in the school year. What kind of knowledge will they need to be aware of and to meet the requirements in each subject area? The teacher can share with the teacher