Mrs. Lux

Last night was my first experience as a “teacher” during parent-teacher conferences. The “parents” were those who are actually concerned about who their children’s teachers are, what those teachers teach in class, and how their children are doing. Not being from this town, it was very nice to meet some parents from the community and see who some of my students belong to. I prepared by using something Ms. Hogue uses, which is a rubric that rates a student’s completion of necessary school tasks (such as coming prepared to class, making up work, participating in class). I wrote positive comments on the bottom of that sheet for each student. I also had each student’s WebGrader report printed out for the parents to take home. Every conference went well, which was aided by the fact that all the conferences were for students doing A- or better work in class and all the parents were very nice. Overall, this was a great experience and I am interested to see how many students refer to the conferences or ask me about meeting their parents. I remember asking my mom how conferences went and what the teachers had said about me. If these parents give these students the positive feedback I gave, I may see the favor returned by their continued or improved positive behavior in class.