Dallas ISD To Host Parent Conferences For The Spring Semester

17 Feb 2010

Parent Conferences Scheduled for March 8, 9, and 11

DALLAS–The Dallas Independent School District encourages all parents to attend the parent/teacher conferences for the spring semester, scheduled as follows:

• High School, Monday, March 8, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
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• Middle School, Tuesday, March 9, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
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• Elementary School, Thursday, March 11, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.

The meetings offer an opportunity to ask questions and to share any circumstances that might be interfering with a student's progress.

Some of the things that parents can do to prepare themselves for a parent conference or parent-teacher meeting are:

• Write down specific questions that you have about your child, and ask the teacher (s).
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• Write down concerns that you have about your child and discuss them with the teacher (s).
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• Get all the information that you need from the teacher (s).
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• Ask for ways to help your child at home.
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• Follow up with the teacher (s) after the meeting.

Parents can request a conference any time of the year by calling the teacher to schedule a meeting.

"Dallas ISD principals and their teachers are no longer focusing on teaching to the test but rather creating academically challenging assignments that will better prepare students for college and the world of work. Dallas ISD has become an exemplar for urban schools as an effort based district that focuses on high achievement for all students."

Institute for Learning

University of Pittsburgh

June 2009