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- 2. What do you know about the purposes of parent
conferences?
Can you identify some of the strategies for
planning and conducting parent conferences?
What are some of the pitfalls to avoid in parent
conferences?
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- 3.
To provide a developmental overview
To provide time and privacy
To increase mutual knowledge
To formulate goals
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- 4. Explain purpose of conference to parents
Plan for uninterrupted time
Plan for private location
Plan goals and materials to be discussed
Prepare parents for their participatory role
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- 7. Help parents feel at ease
Begin with positive attitude and comments
Encourage parent participation
◦ Active listening: paraphrasing and reflecting
Summarize for parents
◦ Copies of assessment tools
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- 8.
Consider any experiences you have had
participating in or observing parent-teacher
conferences. Can you recall specific examples of
some of these principles in action? Or, can you
identify which of these principles would have
improved the conferences?
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- 9.
Avoid using technical terminology
Avoid the role of “expert”
Avoid negative evaluations
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- 11.
Can you describe a specific example of each
pitfall? It is important to recognize these.
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- 12. Planning for follow up and next steps
Self-evaluation
◦ How prepared was I?
◦ How well did I listen?
◦ How well did I involve the parents?
Parent evaluation
◦ How valuable was the conference?
◦ Did I get new ideas about my child?
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- 13.
Productive parent-teacher conferences need:
◦ Planning and preparation to achieve goals
◦ Time and privacy for discussion
◦ Strategies to facilitate two-way communication and
sharing of information, questions, and ideas
◦ Respect for each participant’s expertise
◦ A positive focus on child’s progress and development.
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