Parent-teacher conferences are essential in creating a fulfilling educational journey for students. Therefore, it is important to make continuous efforts and plan to achieve PTM. The agenda for the Parent-Teacher Meeting (PTM) is to discuss the student’s academic progress and achievements, learning style, homework discipline, overall development, behavioral issues and any other issues that need to be discussed.

Despite any other concerns, it is important to schedule this meeting with a frequency so that parents and teachers are on the same page about student learning. However, despite understanding the importance of meetings, many parents and teachers attend these meetings casually and may not participate. Common issues in PTM are: No-show, one-sided discussions, and defending issues in virtual meetings are some of the common issues that lead to ineffective meetings.

Often, we miss obvious and smaller things that impact the effectiveness of PTM meetings. In this article, we discuss common issues with PTMs and how to prepare to make PTMs a productive meeting for both teachers and parents.

How can virtual parent-teacher conferences be productive for parents?

Parents should be prepared and must know what questions to ask in a PTM. To make the meeting productive, parents should ask some questions:

• Where does my child stand on the curriculum goals?
• What is my child’s learning style?
• Is my child doing well enough, or is he dealing with serious challenges?
• Does my child face any learning difficulties?
• Are there any issues with discipline?

Language fluency, accent, teacher’s attitude, helpfulness or any other academic related and teaching related areas are common concerns for teachers and parents.

Tips for making the PTM a productive parent meeting:

• Have your discussion points prepared and arrive on time for the meeting.
• Promote positive interactions throughout the online parent-teacher conference and do not blame the teacher for any child-related issues.
• Don’t let the interaction become one-sided.
• If you have any issues with teachers, please raise them individually with the school management and not in front of your child during PTM.
• If you would like to modify the time of your parent-teacher conference, please discuss your time slot in advance.

Tips for making PTM a productive meeting for teachers:

• Be well prepared before the PTM and have your observations, notes, and feedback written down and handy.
• Be a good listener when parents express their concerns.
• Try to help your child learn in a genuine and collaborative way without sounding harsh or sounding like you are blaming the child or parent.
• Maintain a positive attitude throughout the meeting.
• Start with student achievement before jumping into what’s feasible.
• Always be open to giving back.

Hope this helps, thanks.

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