More parents can attend online interviews than before, but they also miss out on some in-person cues. Here’s how to get the most out of teacher time.
Gone are the days of having to manage an early work knock-off or a sitter for a sibling while you meet your child’s teachers. A quick click and you’re into a Teams or Google Meet, touching base about how your child is tracking.
“We’ve found that a lot of parents will attend interviews who previously couldn’t,” says the founder of teacher training program Learn What Can’t Be Taught. “It’s also a bit less chaotic, especially for parents who have multiple children at a school and might be trying to see 15 teachers in one session – rather than running all over the school, you can just log in from home.”But, as with many screen interactions, body language cues may be muted in digital catch-ups.
“As long as you’re providing families with other opportunities to come in and connect with the school face-to-face, then I think that’s okay,” she says. “Before the interview, let them know that you’re meeting with the teacher and why, then lead with some open questions [such as] ‘How do you think you’re going? What subjects are you enjoying?’” he says.“The conversation is really getting the three parties together – the parent, the student, the teacher – to [discuss] how are they feeling about their learning progress? Are they aligned?” she says.
“When raising a concern or asking for help, it’s often good to start with what tends to help [your child] – it might be, ‘My child tends to do well with this but not so well with this. What do you think we could do to help with this issue?’”
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