After your parent- teacher conference, don’ t
just file away the student work shared by
the teacher or the notes you took during
the meeting. The National Education
Association (NEA) website, in its tips for
parents on parent- teacher conferences, says,
Start immediately on the action plan you
and the teacher put together. Discuss the
plan with your child and track his progress.
Stay in touch with your child’s teacher
throughout the year with regularly scheduled
report card’ conferences that can keep the
communication lines open. For more tips
from the NEA on parent-teacher conferences,
go to nea.org.
Michelle Blanchard Ardillo is a freelance writer
and middle school language arts teacher who
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