First Open day!!
Parent-teacher meeting plays a vital role in your child’s
schooling life. At the start of each new school year, parents are invited to a
parent teacher meeting. This is an opportunity for parents to meet the person
their child is going to be spending a large portion of their time with, not to
mention all the formative educational and social input this person will
provide.
Aside from imparting pertinent information regarding the
curriculum and classroom structure, the idea is for you and the teacher to
form a team – a partnership that works together for the benefit of your child.
To make it easier, and to ensure you make the most of this
first meeting, Ms. Greshma Momaya has outlined some important information that
you need to know.
Before the meeting
–
1.
Ask your child how he or she feels about the
school?
2.
Prepare a list of questions like
·
Is my child settling in the new class?
·
Is he or she getting on with classmates?
·
Does my child seem to be happy in the school?
·
What homework workload can we expect?
·
What can I do at home to help more?
During the
meeting-
1.
Always be on time for the meeting
2. Do
not create a false impression. Just relax and be yourself
3. Prioritize
your list of questions
4.
Ask most important questions first
5.
Do not hesitate to ask for explanation if you
have not understood any point.
6.
Thank the teacher.
After the meeting –
1. Please
speak to your child about the meeting. Let them not feel that you met the
teacher to complain rather let your child know that you & teacher will be
working together as a team for their best.
2. Teacher
must have given some tips when you asked what you can do at home to help more,
start working on those tips.
3. Give
a feedback to the teacher in the next meeting if the tips she shared helped you
and your child.