These are held once a year, mid year. There are two philosophies, like in Oregon. We send a note home asking parents to choose a time slot. If you never hear back, you have two choices. You can forget it. Or, you can assign them a time and send the note back. And hope they come in. I'm of the mind that every parent deserves a time to talk with the teacher. Whether the child is doing well or not, kids need to know that their parents and teacher communicate. So, silly me, I sent home the notes and signed people up! Can I work more, please??
Again, no extra day or time allotted for this, really. We use our prep time and our half day of professional development. I can, however, ask for someone to "backfill" my class. An executive staff member will come and teach anything I ask them to, or anything they want, if I ask them to, for as long as I need them to. Not bad! But finding a place to meet when the school is operating fully as usual is tricky. This meeting room here? This corridor there? Someone's office here?
All the parents were very supportive and positive, which was reassuring! A few told me their child's year was the best one yet. Don't they always say that - those proud new parents still at the beginning of the long public school experience? Even the parents get excited with a new spelling list for the week in Second Grade! It was great to get to meet with them and hear friendship concerns, homework woes, and sport cheers.
Is it vacation yet?
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