A new experience for us... parent teacher interviews, yes I know we have done them before. But as you can see from the photo, there is a student present at this interview. Okay that is not completely unusual either.... So what is so interesting about this? ... The student was present to act as an interpreter for the parents as they do not speak English. The parents are over here with the Korean Presbyterian Church. The interview was not for her, but for her younger sister. (Actually it did strike me that the language that we share the most with these parents is Khmer and I can see if we were here long term we would have interviews with some parents in Khmer rather than either of our native languages.)
Graham and I are the tutor teachers of year 7. Before parent teacher night all the teachers who teach year 7 jot down any notes they have on the students on a proforma. Then instead of the parents seeing all of the teachers, they see the tutor teacher who fills them in on the students progress and manner etc. This works well and cuts down on the number of interviews you have to do, though each interview is 15 minutes long. The reason Graham and I are the tutor teachers of year 7 is because we teach them for 5 of their subjects, so we are able to provide the most relevant information anyway.
Fiona
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Great to see the photo of you guys in action. Graham looks very serious, maybe thinking hard :-)
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