![]() Even if you send home lots of good information about the Kindergarten expectations, you must be aware that many parents do not read it and need you to show them examples about a conference. ![]() Kindergarten is real work! Teachers do not pick the standards we are required to teach. When they don’t understand the expectations of the grade level now, we spend time showing them the skills we teach and how to break them down in a fun way. They feel Kindergarten programs are sill open play, painting, coloring, and lots of music. Many parents do not understand the changes to the Kindergarten curriculum since they were in Kindergarten. Glimpse into Understanding Educational Expectations and Behaviors Sometimes these struggles will come from families you don’t expect as well. We all know how hard it is to teach a hungry, tired students. If a family is focused on eating that day or where they will be sleeping that night, THAT can and will affect their family’s educational goals. They did not complete any fun projects either. I have taught many kindergarten children who complete no homework ever. If he had 45 minutes, that was fine too, but he had to have a minimum of 30 minutes. If he was assigned 10 minutes worth of an assignment, they would supplement the remaining 20 minutes for him. Once I had a student while I was student teaching in third grade whose parents required him to complete 30 minutes of homework every night. ![]() Glimpse into Their Value of EducationĮvery family places a different value on the the education of their learner and their educational journey. All of these family dynamics help make your student who they are so it is always good to fill in the pieces of the puzzle. It is important to know if the parents are still together or in good standing. You can also learn who is the rule setter or disciplinarian in the home. This isn’t a good thing or a bad thing, just helpful to learn. Students who are the oldest may have a different sense of maturity than the baby of the family. Learning about a student’s family dynamics is critical to understand the student as well as to help them with their social emotional development. Does this child share a room with his parents or cousins? Does this child sleep on the couch? Glimpse into Their Family Dynamics You can also learn more about their home in general. More so, you can find out if grandparents live in the home or close by as well as other involved family members in the students life. You learn how many people live in their house or come and go from the house. When you have a deeper discussion with the same child’s parent you find out more information about the home life and living situations. When you have a student in your classroom, you hear stories of their home life. In fact, there are many things that we can learn from a parent teacher conference. Each experience in our classroom helps us to become a better teacher and communicator. You come to the conference prepared to show the parent what you are working on in the classroom, what is actually happening in the classroom, and where that child needs to be. You see issues with a student that you are working to improve. Good student, not so good student, well behaved student, not so well behaved student.Īs the teacher, you meet with many if not all, the parents in your classroom through the year. We have all experienced a parent teacher conference.
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