Parent Teacher Conferences

It is the end of the first nine weeks for many students and you are likely going to a parent-teacher conference soon. A parent-teacher conference is important because it provides you and the teacher an opportunity to work together as a team in order to help your child. You each have an important perspective to share — as the parent, you know your child's personality, habits, strengths, and weaknesses. The teacher, on the other hand, has been trained professionally in the best methods of teaching, meeting individual student's needs, how to control classroom behavior, and how to help your child succeed in school. Working together you will be able to find ways that each of you can provide the appropriate and necessary support for your child. The conference is an opportunity for you to ask questions about your child's progress, to learn more about the class and what the students are studying, and to find out if you child is having difficulty with anything in particular. The more you know about your children's school and classes, the more likely they will be to talk about daily experiences with you.

Whenever you go to the conference,  be open-minded.  Your child's teacher wants success just like you. Don't be afraid to admit if you don't understand something - ask for more information! Find out from the teacher what resources you have at home that would help with your child's education. Preparing a list of questions will help you have a productive conversation. Some questions you might want to ask are:

1. What are my child's strongest and weakest subjects?
2. What are some examples of these strengths and weaknesses?
3. Is my child participating in class discussions and activities?
4. How are my child's social skills?
5. Do you think my child is reaching his/her potential?
6. What can I do at home to help support his/her academic progress?
7. What can High Country Academy do to support his/her academic progress?

It’s important to share the information from the conference with your child’s tutor at HCA. The information you give us will allow us to develop lessons that will most benefit your child. We want to work as a team to make your child successful!