Parent-Teacher Conferences
Summary of
Evaluations
Please provide a summary of both the teachers’ and parents’ comments/evaluation of the Parent-Teacher Conferences. This will help in making improvements for succeeding years and reporting to the Board of Education. Keep the actual teacher and parent comments/evaluations on file at your school.
1. Summary of teacher evaluation/comments.
Early Dismissal Conference
Days were:
œ Organized and Helpful
œ Great
œ Very successful and
rewarding
œ Greatly assisted by
non-homeroom teachers supervising bus duty at 12:50
œ Effective
œ Really gave teachers an
opportunity to meet with parents and discuss academics/behavior
œ Helpful because I was able
to listen to parents’ concerns
œ Very beneficial – I think it
is important to have that one on one with the parents and it helps to plan at a
time they can come in
Early Dismissal Conference
Days could be improved by:
œ Making sure that all parents
have transportation to the conference
œ Parents being held
accountable for not showing up
œ Making reminder calls to
parents about times and dates
œ Somehow insuring that all
parents attend their conference, especially those whose students are below
grade level
œ Scheduling conference days
on Thursday and Friday
œ Having two full days or
three half days and increasing individual conference time from 15 minutes to 30
minutes
œ Having reading teachers do a
few conferences for each
œ Not being forced to meet
with parents that you have just met with or who you do not need to meet with
œ Having all bus students
leave school at 12:30
œ Stressing to parents the
importance of being on time for conferences
Early Dismissal Conference
Days should be continued/discontinued because:
35
continued 0 discontinued
œ It is great to be able to
talk to each parent in a relaxed environment
œ For some it is the only time
to really communicate with parents
œ It gives teachers an
opportunity to express the importance of learning for students
œ Parents need to be informed
and involved
œ Teachers need to meet with
parents and discuss student progress
œ This allows parents the
opportunity to discuss their child’s progress in a non-threatening atmosphere
œ It gives the parents a
chance to come in a positive setting
œ It is very important for
parents to communicate with teachers about academics and behavior
œ It allows a lot of time
slots for parents with different schedules
œ It helps us help parents and
get more on a personal level to work with them and children
œ They emphasize the importance
of conferences and make it easier to meet
œ It allows the parent and
teacher to talk face to face about a students’ strengths and weaknesses
Early Dismissal Conference
days are/are not important because:
35
are important 0 are not important
œ It gives teachers and
parents time to bring up any questions and concerns
œ Parents need to see how well
or not well their child is doing
œ Parents can see the progress
or regression of their children without being disruptive to class time
œ Personal contact helps me to
understand the “whip” of my students behaviors
œ The information discussed is
vital
œ Parents want to understand
the report cards
œ It gave the parents a chance
to come in at a convenient time and unfortunately it forced some to come in
that needed to
œ In some cases it is the only
time you get to see the parents
œ It assists with parent
communication and student learning
œ It helps the teachers
understand the students better through the information provided by the parents
Other Comments:
œ Thank you for taking the students
who were waiting for the bus. It gave a few minutes to make last minute
preparations.
œ Thank you for helping with
bus students. It was wonderful to be able to conference without trying to
listen for bus numbers.
œ It would have been nice for
the classroom floors to have gotten some attention from a mop. We need to put
more effort into cleaning this school so that we make the best possible
impression on guests to our school.
œ It is sometimes easier for
parents to open up one-on-one. The conference days help us help our parents
help our students. Working together is always a win-win for all.
œ The only concern I have is
not having the “concentrated” schedule of teaching each subject thoroughly. For
example, EDNA time was cut in two. But other than that, everything was great.
œ I think there should be more
involvement from administration when there isn’t a response from a parent.
Administration should take immediate action to insure the conference takes
place at home or at school.
œ Perhaps conferences could be
held one day a week for two weeks. This might allow shift workers to more
readily attend.
œ Discontinuing early release
and conference days would be a disservice to teachers and families, especially
economically disadvantaged ones. The scheduling allows us to be flexible for
the benefit of the parents.
Total Teacher Evaluations
Completed 35/36 for a 97% return rate.
2. Summary of parent evaluations/comments
œ Nice to know about your
child’s acknowledgements in the classroom.
œ … is a very nice teacher and
teaches my daughter well.
œ … is the greatest. The
office staff is also awesome. Keep up the good work.
œ I was very impressed with
the teacher.
œ It is wonderful to meet a
teacher as wonderful, caring and motivated as …
œ Very informative. Helped us
to understand where our son is as far as school.
œ … is a wonderful teacher. My
daughter looks forward to coming to school each day.
œ Good comments about my
child. Very nice teacher. Keep up the good work.
œ Thank you for a great job.
œ Student has made excellent
progress in this class.
œ Thanks for your help and
support with my child.
œ Teacher was very prepared
and informed about student’s progress.
œ This is the best school. I’m
very proud of MPS.
œ Thank you so much for being
there for my children.
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Walton County Public Schools
Number of parents that
attended by grade level:
K _203__ 1st _192__ 2nd _190__
3rd ______ 4th ______ 5th ______
6th ______ 7th ______ 8th ______
9th ______ 10th ______ 11th
______
12th ______ Pre-K __58__
Total Number of Parents
attending Conferences:
Pre K *58/60 97%
Kindergarten *203/222 91%
First Grade *192/215 89%
Second Grade *190/232 82%
Total 643/729 for an 88%
Attendance Rate.
*Some students had two
parents attending the conference.
Principal’s Name: Donna
Bishop
Principal’s Signature
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