SALTA 4th grade

Suggested Agenda for Fall Parent Teacher Conference The purpose of a parent teacher conference is to: • Form a connection between the home and the school to support student growth toward achieving mastery of standards. • Provide data on current student achievement, and to build actionable goals for achievement (SEP). • Discuss observations on learning skills at this time. Agenda Items: Suggested talking points: (choose what works for you) Strengths and Celebrations: (indicated in SEP under student growth) 2-3 minutes Student. . . . • is attempting to . . . • shows commitment in . . . • respects and cooperates with… (learning skills) • is making progress with . . . • I have been excited to see your child’s growth in. . . . Data to share: Prioritize the use of current CBM and/or SRI data to support celebrations and highlight areas for needed growth. 3- 5 minutes •

Acadience: benchmark and/or progress monitoring • SRI: Proficiency report (4 th -5 th grade) • Learning skills rubric (see canvas) - optional • Student samples (e.g., writing samples, oral responses, tests)- optional • Envision 2.0 and Reading Street reports - optional • Observations - optional Student . . . (include academic and behavior) • could benefit from . . . • responds well to . . . • has difficulty with . . . • needs support in . . . • needs additional opportunities and practice in . . . • it is challenging for your student to . . . • would benefit from extension with … • I plan to help and support your student by • My plan for supporting growth in the area of is . . . • A suggested plan of action might be . . . • Have you thought about . . . • With your support could we agree to . . . • How can we together support your student to work toward the goal(s)? • What is the student’s role in completing this goal? • What concerns do you have that we have not covered? • Your concerns are important to address, I’d like to schedule an additional time to provide more information.

Steps to lead to goals: (discussion preceding action plan, indicated under SEP) 2-3 minutes

Action Plan: Is the goal specific and strategic, measurable, action oriented, rigorous, realistic, and results focused, and time-bound and tracked (SMART)? 7-9 minutes Roles: • What will the teacher do? • What will the parent do? • What will the student do? Supports for possible additional questions/conversations, concerns or compliments (remember to sum up the positive take away for the student)

If questions come up about the report card, possible responses: • Our conference tonight will set up your student to be able to achieve progress toward the grade level standards, which will be represented on the report card you will receive. • This conference is about your child’s SEP. A letter will be sent home in the next few weeks containing report card information. • There is an explanation about the report card on the f ront page of the district website: http://www.canyonsdistrict.org 5/20/2019