No Sweat Parent/Teacher Conferences!

Are Parent/Teacher Conferences taking place in your school soon? Don't sweat it! Make sure your classroom is prepared and bulletin boards are displaying student work. Perhaps, you can even prepare a Power Point slide show of students participating in daily activities. Parents enjoy watching their child take part in learning experiences. Next, have a compliment prepared about the children in your class. Start the conference with this positive comment. Use positive language. Instead of saying a child is lazy, say he or she seems to be unmotivated. Find synonyms that don't pierce the parents' hearts. After all, we are talking about their precious children. After the conferences are over, treat yourself to something special...because you deserve it!