Parent-Teacher Conference
Practical Tips and Suggestions
Following are some of my observations and
tested tips as to how and why we can or
need to work together; students, parents, teachers, and the management to bring a
change and progress in our children’s lives to safely and confidently develop
them into responsible citizens of tomorrow. Over time, I have been telling
the same to most of our parents and guardians who sometimes even remark, “I
know it’s instrumental Sir, but I can’t make my child understand it. Tell me
something new and more effective.” But then there is no substitute to bridging
the gap by other than constant communication with the child and vice versa.
A. What the student has to possess/be
1. Desire/The fire/Motivation
2. Ambitious
3. Positive Thinking /Attitude
4. Seriousness for studies
5. Vision/Goal Setting
6. Planning
7. Critical Thinking skill
8. Decision-Making skills
9. Creativity
10. Self –discipline
11. Time Management skill
12. Executing the plan
13. Prioritization skill
14. Punctuality
15. Self-confidence
16. Perseverance/Determination
17. Self-realization
18. Proactive Learner
19. Obedience
20. 20.Sense of Competition
21. Immense Patience at times
22. Inquisitiveness (Curiosity)
23. Inspirational thoughts for studies
24. Politeness
25. Test-taking skills
26. Presentation skill
27. Sense of Responsibility
28. Trust and Respect for Teachers
29. Observation and study skills
30. Collaborative/Sociable
31. Building Rapport with Teachers
32. Health Conscious
B. What the Teachers need/have to do/Impart to
Students
1. Inspire to Excel
2. Create a learning environment
3. Simplify the text materials
4. Teach problem-solving skills
5. Encouraging and reinforcing when they
fumble/fail
6. Evaluating students’ strength and weakness
and giving Positive Feedback
7. Constantly engaging students in the
required tasks and activities in the forms of CA/HA/PW, etc.
8. Following up regular activities related to
text materials
9. Try to Instill a sense of discipline in
students
10. Trying to Correct student’s behavior if
needed
11. Apprise Parents of Students Progress in
academics and discipline (over the phone/meeting)
12. Referring the student to the higher
authority in case of additional assistance in certain subjects.
13. Also referring the student to the higher
authority for further correction measures with regard to discipline
14. Completing the syllabus on time.
15. Launching rigorous revision classes
16. Constant Academic Guidance
17. Non-Academic Counseling (Psychological)
at times
18.Also teach some practical skills of
life at times in line with building a good rapport
C. Role of
Parents/Guardians Towards Making their Children Responsible
1. Create a conducive learning/practising
environment at home
2. Instill a sense of discipline and
responsibility in children by being examples
3. Keep in constant touch with the teachers
and school management and build a good rapport
4. Follow up everyday assignments as recorded
in the school diary and their home routine
5. Keep some time aside for children on
regular basis and know children’s problems and look for the solutions
6. Share some spiritual/religious stories, events,
related one’s culture and traditions with children
7. Procure relevant and sufficient text/materials
of studies on time for children
8. Also assign children to read/write/prepare
authentic materials like letters, notices, news, etc. at home whenever feasible
9. Sometimes procure books on positive thinking
and other reference materials to encourage children’s inquisitiveness and
enable them to think thru the thick and the thin in society.
10. Complete other necessary formalities (usu.
financial) at school without the notice of their children
11. Regularly inspire children with examples
of great personality within and abroad and be examples themselves
12. Teach children to dream big and envision
great future without comparing with others or putting your expectations for
them to be exactly like their siblings or friends
13. Constant but tactful counseling to fetch
better results
14. Give children at least one reasonable
family responsibility besides their studies, like washing, cleaning, fetching
groceries/paper/magazine from the nearest market on regular basis.
15. Understand children’s weakness and
strength and help accordingly (in any way possible)
16. Not demand unexpectedly remarkable
improvements/results at once but bit by bit as per the children’s natural
abilities and capacity
17. Discuss all positive aspects of the School
and its Staff with the children (sometimes white lies as well)
18. Make no humiliating/dishonorable remarks
against the school authority and teachers at all in children’s presence
19. Arrange some yoga and meditation classes
on long holidays to ensure a strong concentration skill in them
20. Take children to Temples/Churches/Mosques/Gurudwaras,
at times and be charitable/donate to the needy
21. Not hesitate to look for professional
assistance when things seem to slip through parent/guardians or teachers’
hands.
Prepared by Jaya Narayan Bhusal 2064 BS/2005 AD
