Student Conferences

Each year at this time parents, teachers, and students get ready for our first round of student conferences.  These conferences create the opportunity to meet and discuss student progress to this point in the year.  Student conferences are considered one of two informal reports (along with three formal reports) mandated by the Ministry of Education.  Informal reporting can be accomplished in many different ways, including such methods as, email, phone conversations, interim reports, and just recently completed by one of our staff, Skype.

While conferences are considered informal, they are an important contact with families to see their child's classroom and meet face-to-face with the teacher.  Many families have already had conversations with their teachers and have a good sense of what is happening, so this simply presents another opportunity to reinforce student successes.  During student conferences, most teachers share samples of student work, discuss areas that they are doing well in, as well as areas for improvement.  This is also a great time to discuss goals for the next term in order to help students focus their energies in areas of needed improvement.

The value in having these conferences is in the strengthening of the home-school relationship.  The greater insight that families have into their child's learning, the better able they are to support the learning.  When we partner in this way, we are able to make much more progress than working separately.  So, thanks to all of you for your efforts on behalf of the students at David Cameron and your willingness to take the time to have these important conversations.