Friday, November 21, 2008
I just finished a night of conferences with my two CT's and it was so interesting to see the disconnect between the students work ethic and how they are evaluated in school verses how their parents see them as workers. Parents defend to a fault and I saw so many defensive parents tonight. It was interesting to see how this was dealt with and how the CT's were able to work around that to be able to communicate concerns or give comments on what they see are the best possible options to support student needs and learning.
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Hi Sarah -- I bet lots of you had interesting experiences with the parent conferences. I think we'll take some time in class on Tuesday to share those experiences. I'll be curious to hear how your teachers were able to defuse the defensiveness, if that's what you are meaning.
Sarah,
I had a similar experience with the conferences. I just wonder how parents can become so disconnected and not feel any responsibility. In discussing these ideas with other teachers, I found that this is a consistent issue... How do you reach those parents to get them involved without seeming to pushy and overwhelming.
Hopefully someone will answer the questions I posted on my blog. Check out my blog sometime soon and maybe these questions will be answered! :)
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