If parents really cared, they’d make it to the parent-teacher conferences
Fresh on the heels of our earlier discussion, there’s an interesting discussion afoot at the Guam Daily News about scheduling parent teacher conferences in order for working parents to attend.
Had my first experience with this last week. Teacher asked for us to come to a 7:45 appt. Hmm…Bus arrives at 7:52, school starts at 8:20, smaller child at home that goes to daycare and neither could go to the school with us. daycare is on the other side of town. I felt like we were rushed (seeing as how we missed open house night) and that we had made a number of arrangements with about a week and a half notice for 20 minutes of her time.
I realize the teachers don’t want to stay around or get there too early either..they have lives after all…but it just felt rushed and not at all give and take. More of a “this is how your child is doing in my class and have a nice day” feel to it.
i feel that conferences are just a waste of time. me daughter is 17 and i have never been to one of her conferences in my life yet she is still a straight A student. i feel that if the teacher really needs to speak with me, then they will call or send a note home, other then that i dont care.
if my child is doing good then why do we need to talk about her.
I am a mother and work in a school. I feel that it is important for us to show that we care and are a team player in our child’s education if they are doing well or not. My daughter is in 2nd grade and I just went to parent teacher conference I got to put faces to the names my child tells me about. I entrust my child in their care and I need to show that I am involved. At work many parents do not come and their are many times we have questions or concerns and parent teacher is one of the only times to see some parents and address these issues. Some times parents donot come and providing them with extra help their child may need does not get addressed especially after many attempts calling home. Parents need to be involved as we are responsable for our children and can show them that we are interested about what happens in their life.