🎓PT Conference Templates + Enneagram Game Strongggg!

TL;DR

• Make a copy of these forms (then edit them to fit what you want)

  • Form for Teachers to fill out (during or pre-conference)

  • Form for Parents to fill out (beforehand or while they’re waiting)

  • Learn how the Enneagram can help you be a better teacher!

  • BONUS: 6 Virtual Trainings (Canva, Resources, Ai, etc) this Summer for Honor Roll peepz!

Parents Can Be Crazy

When you’re talking to parents, it’s easy to picture it as a equal conversation.

It’s not.

Not that one person is better than the other…nay.

But one is the leader. One of the two has to set the tone and control the convo. Even if the other one is angry or irritated or uninformed. You have to handle business like MJ in the 4th.

If they raise their voice…

You stay clam.

if they get accusatory…

Be patient with them.

They aren’t in your class. Their narrative comes from whatever their kid brings home. It’s like they’re playing Marco Polo but you get to have your eyes open the whole time.

A few quick tips for Parent/Teacher Conferences:

1. Ask a lot of questions. Have them come to your conclusions. Ask how you can help better. Don’t pretend to be perfect (even though you ARE pretty close). Let them feel heard.

2. Be very clear in their roles. A lot of parents want to be supportive, they just don’t know how. Tell them where they can check in and what they can do to support the student.

3. Remind them you’re on the same team. I like to start out parent meetings (esp when they getting hype) with this phrase: “Before we get started, I wanted to remind you that it is my job to help your child be as successful as possible. Is that what you want? (pause for answer) Excellent! Then we’re on the same team. Let’s figure this out together.”

You set the tone. You keep it calm. You keep it productive.

You got this.

-Tyler

P.S. If you’ve got spreadsheets of all their child’s negative behaviors AND good behaviors, it settles most disagreements.

RESOURCE: Parent/Teacher Conference Forms

Are you filling anything out to prep for parents rolling into PT conferences?

I usually didn’t.

Just had them the grades, answer questions, and hope for the best. That was my playbook.

I wish I had been more prepared. I wish I’d have gotten the chance to hear from the parents on how I could be better. Tbh, it would’ve helped me fast-forward my communication skills like i’m a VHS tape.

But I didn’t.

But you can!

THE RESOURCES:

• PT Form for Teachers to fill out (during or pre-conference)

• PT Form for Parents to fill out (beforehand or while they’re waiting)

If you figure out ways I can make them better, just holla @ ya boi.

**Also, if you want to take this to the next level, you should us the Autocrat Add-on. It’ll create a doc after you or the parents submit. Here’s my 7-minute training, or for the full training join the Honor Roll. :)

TRAINING OF THE WEEK: Enneagrams in Education

Have you ever seen someone act or interpret something in a way that was entirely foreign to you? Spouse? Boss? Co-worker? Student? EVERY Student?

We’re all wired a li’l different. I’ll be honest, learning the enneagram helped me understand a lot of people around me. What makes them feel valued, and what frustrates them.

If you have some time, I’d love for you to learn from my good friend Mark (and me) about how you as an educator can use the good ole enneagram to understand your students, principal, and even the crazy teacher down the hallway (you literally just thought of their name).

From this 3w2 to you, let’s do this.

Click here to learn how you can understand yourself and others even better!

Rapid 🔥

• How do you organize your Google Classroom?

• Resource: Google Cheat Sheet for Teachers

• Have you gotten the book yet?

That’s it!
Take the rest of the day off! 😂

YOU’VE EARNED IT!