Another Parent Letter
Much of what we focus on here in our group is our mental health - it is a major topic. A big aspect of protecting our mental health on a daily basis is dealing effectively with "concerned" parents. In one
Parent Communication
Some years ago here in the PLC, Laura Censis wrote intelligently about how to communicate with parents about how we grade in our non-targeted approach: Spanish I students do not start this course with significant Spanish skills. They are here to
My Class is Structured
A repost: Here's something I''m in the process of memorizing for the next time someone says to me that my class is not structured: "My class is structured in the same way that what I am saying right now is structured. What I
Preventive Parent Contact Move
Right about now we can do something to really prevent communications problems with parents in the future: we can send an email to the parents of our underperforming students. This would only apply to anyone currently using an interpersonal skills
Parents Night – One Possibility
Another option for parent's night from the archives: Anne Matava has an open house this week but no set parent demo sessions so she just prepared the document below as she meets the parents informally. Anne is new to the school and
Parents Night – Option
From the archives: If your department is tipping or has tipped in favor of CI, I suggest that we create a document that we can all use at the first Parents Night next fall. In that way, we can tell the
Parent Night Help
Greg has kindly shared this link with us in case any of us want to use it at Parent's Night: http://tinyurl.com/acquireSpanish
Helicopter Parents
We all know about this phenomenon of "helicopter parents". In a recent email exchange between Alisa and me, she made some points worth sharing. (By the way, anything I share here from private email correspondence will have always been approved
Parent Conferences – An Idea
A repost from 2011 that still applies: Robert has distinguished between a participation grade and a grade, in his words, that is “based on a set of observable criteria (behaviors) that demonstrate communicative competency based on the ACTFL Performance Guidelines for
Bryce Hedstrom on Parent Conferences
A repost from years ago from Bryce, who as usual helps us all build confidence in all aspects of our teaching with comprehensible input in his uniquely positive way. In addition, he reminds us about those "have not" kids who, in our