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Parent conferences are designed with one purpose in mind: to foster student success through collaboration between school and home.
Your child will attend more than a decade of schooling. How do you know when to stop attending parent-teacher conferences?
Elementary
Inculcating learning from early on can be the difference between success and failure.
The earliest school experiences may affect your child's aptitude and affinity for learning. Positive school experiences strengthen the desire for learning. Your presence at parent teacher conferences shows your child that you and the teacher have forged a caring partnership centered on learning.
These meetings are opportunities to better understand how your child’s learning needs. For example, teachers in the elementary years are often the first to notice that their students may need testing for eyeglasses or additional tutoring.
Middle School
Children in middle school insist that they are old enough to navigate school on their own.
While it is true that they have learned their way around the building, figured out their schedules and optimized their time for socialization, your children need your guidance more than ever in middle school.
No matter how much your pre-teenager detests you going to parent-teacher conferences, attend anyway. There's no better time to be an advocate for your son or daughter than during the tumultuous years of adolescence.
Parents of successful middle school students meet regularly with teachers.
High School
It's the final three or four years of your child's schooling, but it's not over yet. Focus your energy on attending important school events, like parent-teacher nights and special meetings that discuss college and career planning.
Develop rapport with your child's teachers to establish yourself as a caring partner in your son's or daughter's education.
These actions show how much you value education and especially your child: