Tag: education

Conference List

Conferences are right around the corner–are you ready?

  • Have you contacted each parent, at least once, before conferences? Establishing a relationship is critical to conference attendance.
  • Do you have a conference schedule? Have you planned some make-up time–before and after your designated conference schedule?
  • Do you have snacks? Conferences can make the days long, snacks and water make the day manageable.
  • Do you have work samples? Work samples are excellent, critical, tools to demonstrate success and concern.
  • Do you have an up-to-date progress report? It can get lost in backpacks. Have one handy for families to review.
  • Do you have talking points? Having a concrete set of items to discuss, for all conferences or for particular students, helps guide the conversation and keep it focused.

Conferences are time-consuming endeavors. Staying organized keeps you organized and limits the amount of time wasted. Conferences are incredible moments of opportunity too. Being prepared, having clear talking points and examples, allows you to maximize this opportunity to further your partnership with families and to continue working towards a year of optimal learning and growth—for your students and your practice.

Extracurricular Activities

Learning does not begin, or end, within the walls of our classrooms.

I’m here to say: encourage your students, encourage your child, to find an extracurricular activity whenever possible.

Extracurricular activities provide:

  • new learning experiences
  • added motivation
  • a chance to meet new people, and make new friends
  • added time and opportunity to process classroom learning
  • remediation
  • enrichment and extension
  • homework help
  • added exercise
  • more time outside, more play
  • an outlet for the imagination
  • a safe place and space for kids to do something productive until someone can pick them up from school

There is so much to gain, so much to learn, outside of the classroom. Find the right one to share with your students. Create new ones. Advertise the best ones. A classroom, a school building, is not the only place for learning–or fun.