Meadows Monday Message
10/17/22
Our first round of conferences is fast approaching!
We are going to move forward with student-led conferences on October 19th and 20th as they are an invaluable approach allowing students to take responsibility and ownership for their learning by involving them in the goal-setting and assessment process. It also helps us engage families in richer, more transparent conversations about student progress.
In preparation for student-led conferences, teachers will be working with their students in their 1st period classes to reflect and set goals for second quarter. During your individual conference time, parents and students will be meeting together in your student’s 1st period classroom. While teachers will be available to answer any questions you have regarding class policies, students will lead the discussion and will share their past progress, reflections, and goals.
Please note that this is not a time for 1:1 Teacher-Parent Conference. If you would like a traditional conference with one or more of your student’s teachers, please reach out to them directly. We will be holding traditional parent-teacher conferences in the third quarter.
You should have received an email from your student’s 1st period teacher with a SignUp Genius link to sign up for a conference spot.
If you do not sign up for a conference, your student will be sent home with his or her portfolio. In that portfolio, you will find examples of student work, their reflections and goals, some guiding questions you can use to direct the conversation and a parent questionnaire for you to complete. We would like students to return those portfolios back to their 1st period teacher so we can continue to track their progress.
Thank you for supporting your student!
Form in PowerSchool needs your attention
In an effort to communicate more efficiently with our families, Families will have the opportunity fill out a form in their PowerSchool account and confirm their phone number (to receive texts) and select their preferred language. Our Blackboard Mass notification system can now translate text and robocalls into a preferred language. This PowerSchool form will be open until the end of November. This will give us time to ensure that Blackboard has the most updated phone numbers and preferred language information.
Below, please find screenshots that outline how to access the communication preference form in Powerschool.
Once logged into Powerschool, select Forms front the left-hand menu: