Parent-Teacher Conferences

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This is a guide to information currently available through the Library Resource Centre at Library Support Services on “Parent-Teacher Conferences."  To obtain this information, you can book online in “Online booking at http://10.1.112.23 ,visit the library, or call the LRC at 788-0203 ext.143.  We are located in the Prince Charles Educational Resource Centre at 1075 Wellington Avenue. 

Updated November 2006 

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                Assessment                            Teacher- student relationships
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                Portfolios                           Student-led parent conferences



371.103 BEN
Benson, Barbara.  Student-led conferencing using showcase portfolios.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, c1999.

371.103 GEO
Georgiady, Nicholas Peter.
  Positive parent-teacher conferences.  PDK Fastback Ser. 491. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, c2002.

371.192 HOM
Home-school relations : Working successfully with parents and families. 
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, c2003.

371.26 EAS
Easley, Shirley-Dale.  Portfolios matter :
What, where, when, why and how to use them.  Markham, ON: Pembroke, 2003.

371.3 ROB
Robb, Laura.  Easy to manage reading & writing conferences : Practical ideas for making conferences work.  Toronto: Scholastic Professional Books, c1998.

373.126 GRE
Gregory, Kathleen.  Conferencing and reporting : For use in middle and secondary classrooms.  Merville, BC: Connections, c2001.



Lee Canter’s positive parent involvement kit. 
Santa Monica, CA: Lee Canter & Associates, 1995. 6 videocassettes + 3 books and 1 manual. (total 215 min.)
SUMMARY:  Shows teachers an in-depth approach on how to establish positive relationships with parents and acquire their cooperation for the school's academic, discipline and homework efforts.  Parents participating in this program will learn what they can do at home and through parent-teacher conferences to help their children reach their fullest potential for success in school.  Audience: A.  AV Booking #KITVH01385

Student involved conferences.  Portland, OR: Assessment Training Institute, 1996. 1 videocassette (57 min.)
SUMMARY:   Offers practical conferencing formats and strategies for making student self-evaluation and conferencing a key motivational strategy for students.  Audience: A. AV Booking #  VHS0002903



Brooks, Vernon Augustus.  “No hard feelings : Finding the focus in a teacher-student function.”
  High School Journal 89.1 (2005): 54-56

Evans, Robert.  “Talking with parents today.”  Independent School 63.3 (2004):96-102. 

Hess, Robyn S., Amy M. Molina and  Elizabeth B. Kozleski.  “Until somebody hears me: parent voice and advocacy in special educational decision making.”  British Journal of Special Education 33.3 (2006): 148-157.

Million, June.  “Getting teachers set for parent conferences.”  Education Digest 78.8 (2005): 54-56.



Family Education : Talking with the teacher.  2006. Pearson Education. 13 Nov 2006 http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,1-2499,00.html

Parent-Teacher Conferences. 2005. Education World. 13 Nov 2006 http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy046.shtml

Planning for Parent Conferences.  2006. Scholastic . 13 Nov 2006 http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4194

   

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