We look forward to sharing your child’s learning progress with you as part of the upcoming October 1 & 2 conferences on campus!
Please be reminded that there is no school for students on these days.
Pick-A-Time, our conference scheduler, will close Tuesday, September 29 at 2:00 PM. If you wish to add or change a conference appointment after Pick-A-Time has closed, please contact Khun Tom in the ES Office: cholthis@isb.ac.th. The information letter explaining how to use Pick-A-Time can be accessed via PowerSchool. Once you have logged on to PowerSchool, click on the “Parent Conference” button on the left to see the letter. Directions on how to access and use Pick-A-Time are included in this letter. If you have more than one child in the ES, you will need to switch between students to access a letter specific to your child’s grade.
In Grades 2-5, students are an important part of the conferences and will also attend. At ISB, we believe that children are in charge of their learning and we give them many opportunities to know that they are capable and that they can influence what happens to them. As we prepare for conferences, children work with teachers to assess their strengths and challenges, select work samples that illustrate their current levels of skill, ability and effort, and create an action plan for continued growth and improvement. During conferences, teachers, students and parents discuss all aspects of the child’s learning together with openness and transparency so that students continue to feel empowered and responsible for their behavior and learning.
From PK-Grade 5, the purposes for conferences are the following:
- Communicate learning growth
- Enhance home-school partnership
- Provide ways to promote home learning
- Build understanding around what learning looks like at ISB
Should you wish to also speak with any of our ES counselors on conference days, please make an appointment in advance:
- Matthew Johnson (Pre-KG) <matthewj@isb.ac.th>
- Kate Kersey (KG, Gr. 1 & 2) <katek@isb.ac.th>
- Doug Williamson (Gr. 3, 4 & 5) <douglasw@isb.ac.th>