Parent Teacher Conferences

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need to crowdsource this? To get her in trouble?
Fwiw, the conference days used to be around Veteran’s Day but ES teachers always offered various other slots before/after school on other days. Then there were the two years when in person conferences weren’t even an option, plus they wanted the kid on the zoom, which was uncomfortable and not productive.

Kids are never part of parent teacher conferences. What are you referring to?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am still curious if most schools do offer those days or not.

I don't think there is any way to know this -- no one is cataloguing this, and you are asking on an anonymous forum. Plus it probably varies by teacher and not just school.

This. We have two kids at our ES. One teacher offers a lot of dates, including early dismissal days on Thanksgiving week. Another teacher offers just before school, not even after school.

[Anonymous]

OP, on the flip side there are many parents who have a hard time making conferences work the week of Thanksgiving. When conferences were around Veteran's Day that also didn't work for everyone. If the teacher wasn't offering conferences at all that would be an issue, but there's never going to be an option that works for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am still curious if most schools do offer those days or not.

Yes, OP, that is generally when conferences are scheduled. At least that is the case at our school in the Rockville area. It seems like the teacher is taking a vacation.

[Anonymous]

Being a school district that has many families working in Fed and Veterans day is off, it made sense to have p/t.conferences then.

[Anonymous]

“There will be five scheduled early release days for Traditional Calendar schools. They are: Sept. 27, 2024, Nov. 25-26, 2024 (designated for student conferences), Feb. 28, 2025, and June 13, 2025.”

The “official” answer from the county website is yes, the reason why our kids have early releases is to for teachers to use them for conferences. But others are right, teacher probably took leave or had vacation or who knows what reason to not hold any on those days. It can’t hurt to ask if any time slots are available if those days are more convenient to meet. Maybe the teacher is just trying to finish early.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you need to crowdsource this? To get her in trouble?
Fwiw, the conference days used to be around Veteran’s Day but ES teachers always offered various other slots before/after school on other days. Then there were the two years when in person conferences weren’t even an option, plus they wanted the kid on the zoom, which was uncomfortable and not productive.

Kids are never part of parent teacher conferences. What are you referring to?

At our 3-5 school they are. -DP.

[Anonymous]

I don't know why people are jumping all over OP. It's a legitimate question.

I think all teachers except for maybe 1 of ours offered conferences on those two days but nearly all of them offered additional slots outside of those two days either before/after school or during their lunch or grading times.

I would assume the teacher has approval from her admin to do this and if you can't make conferences on the days she has listed currently I would email her and ask for a different time. Most teachers are really flexible about that. GL OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need to crowdsource this? To get her in trouble?
Fwiw, the conference days used to be around Veteran’s Day but ES teachers always offered various other slots before/after school on other days. Then there were the two years when in person conferences weren’t even an option, plus they wanted the kid on the zoom, which was uncomfortable and not productive.

Kids are never part of parent teacher conferences. What are you referring to?

At our 3-5 school they are. -DP.

Some schools or teachers encourage kids to participate, usually only the oldest kids though like 4th or 5th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why people are jumping all over OP. It's a legitimate question.

I think all teachers except for maybe 1 of ours offered conferences on those two days but nearly all of them offered additional slots outside of those two days either before/after school or during their lunch or grading times.

I would assume the teacher has approval from her admin to do this and if you can't make conferences on the days she has listed currently I would email her and ask for a different time. Most teachers are really flexible about that. GL OP!

+1 it’s weird to be so upset about this question. It feels like these are teachers who are upset about being questioned TBH