Throughout the school year, teachers may need to plan conferences with parents if an issue arises that needs to be discussed.

Throughout the school year, teachers may need to plan conferences with parents if an issue arises that needs to be discussed. These conferences can be the most ? difficult to conduct while maintaining a positive relationship. For this type of meeting it is more important than ever before that a teacher has documentation to support her concerns. Teachers should emphasize how what they are seeing is affecting the child and express concern and care for the child’s well-being. In this week’s lecture many strategies were given to help teachers conduct a successful parent teacher conference. Imagine it is time for conferences in your center. In this week’s discussion, include the following in your initial response: . Outline your process of how you would prepare for the conference with a parent whose child is having an issue in the classroom. . Justify your process by explaining how you would use one of the strategies outlined in this week’s lesson to develop your process.