What are the different types of parent-teacher conferences?

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Lee Dorman
President of the Arlington Education Association, Member of the Board of DIrectors of the National Education Association and the Virginia Education Association, Arlington, Virginia
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I am a middle school science teacher in Arlington, Virginia with over 35 years of teaching experience.  I have taught in elementary, middle and high school and have experience teaching and endorsements in special education and gifted and talented. Currently I am serving on both the National Education and Virginia Education Associations Boards of Directors as well as president of the Arlington Education Association.

What are the different types of parent-teacher conferences?

 

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Host: What are the different types of parent-teacher conferences?

Lee Dorman: There are several different types of parent conferences that you can have. There is a conference that is called kind of an introductory get-to-know-you conference. There are conferences that you can have when your child is having difficulty or doesn't understand an assignment in a classroom. There are also conferences that you can have if a child is having difficulty and has a grade that you don't understand. Sometimes too, parents and teachers do disagree, and you also have conferences with teachers to resolve a dispute.

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