We are looking forward to welcoming you to school for Student Led Conferences
on March 10 and 11. These conferences provide students with an opportunity to
communicate and reflect deeply about their learning. Having students lead the
conference keeps them at the center of the learning process and helps students and parents:
- celebrate achievements
- acknowledge learning challenges
- consider how learning habits and attitudes have changed, and
- set learning goals for the future
Detailed information about the structure of the student led conferences in homeroom classes will be available through your child’s class blog and/or Friday Folders before conferences. Please note that while the purpose of the Student Led Conferences is not for individual conversations between parents and teachers, there will be an opportunity made available for you to spend a small part of the homeroom conference with the teacher. Also note that there will often be more than one family in your child’s classroom during the conference.
Individualized letters for making appointments for student led conferences were sent home with students today (Friday Feb 26). Please be aware that the online scheduler Pick-a-Time will open at 8am this coming Tuesday, March 1 and remain open until 2pm on Tuesday March 8.
You will need your child’s ISB Student ID number and birth date to register, provided in the letter sent home today. To get to the Conference Scheduler, please open this link and then follow the directions below.
How to Register
- Click on or open the link provided above.
- Click “Login/Create Account”
- Fill in the required fields and register.
- For each elementary school child you have, you will have to add them in
- Enter child’s student ID number (provided on the front of this letter)
- Enter child’s birth date (use format mm/dd/yy eg. 02/26/10 – you need to include the / in between the month, day, and year)
How to Sign In (after having registered first time)
Enter your email and password. The system will know about any appointments you have made previously.
How to Schedule Appointments
- You will see a list of your child’s teachers with whom you are able to schedule a conference. Select the box next to the teacher name(s). You will then see the schedule of available times for those teachers.
- Each colored square represents an available meeting time. The legend shows what teacher corresponds to what color. Click on a square to schedule that time
- Then click on “Create Appointment”.
- Repeat until you have a time with each teacher
- You can click on the “Printable Schedule” link located on the top right corner and print the resulting web page to get a hard copy of your schedule.
Please be sure to book individual appointments with specialist teachers for each of your children.
