Reframing the Parent-Teacher Conference (Schools That Learn, p. 223)

Try these questions:

• What strengths do you see in your child?

• What does your child say about school?

• What kinds of activities, at school or elsewhere, seem to frustrate your child most?

• What kinds of activities excite your child? What does he/she play?

• What goals do you have for your child?

• What goals does your child have?

• What is your child’s favourite subject or activity?

• What would you like me to know about your child?

Query - what’s the appropriateness of these:

• Tell me about your child’s peers and social relations? Who does he or she socialize with outside of school?

• What kinds of responsibilities does you child have at home?