We look forward to sharing your child’s learning progress with you as part of the upcoming October 6 & 7 conferences on campus! Pick-A-Time, our conference scheduler, will open on Tuesday, September 27 at 8:00 AM and will close Monday, October 3 at 2:00 PM. For the directions on how to use Pick-A-Time, log into PowerSchool and click on the “Parent Conference” icon.
As we purposefully calendar conferences well in advance, we ask all families to cooperate by attending conferences on these dates and avoid making any requests for a conference on an alternate date. Please contact ES Principal Michael Allen directly if you have a family emergency that conflicts with your scheduled appointment: MichaelA@isb.ac.th
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
In Grades 1-5, students are a very 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.
Should you wish to also speak with any of our ES counselors on conference days, please make an appointment in advance:
- Nicole Tessmer (Pre-K1 and Pre-K2) <nicoletj@isb.ac.th>
- Kathryn Manu (Pre-K2, KG, Gr. 1 & 2) <kathrynm@isb.ac.th>
- Doug Williamson (Gr. 3, 4 & 5) <douglasw@isb.ac.th>