Friday, January 25, 2013

Report Cards & Parent/ Teacher Conferences


I feel relatively confident that most students know how to access infinite campus to check your grades, but parents may not be as consistently looking at progress.  In part this may be because they are allowing you to take responsibility for your own learning and watching as you develop independence while still in high school and part of it is that your parents are busy and infinite campus can be “out of sight, out of mind”. 

Parents, with the first semester coming to a close, I strongly encourage you to log in to Infinite Campus and check your son or daughter’s first semester grades.  Are their grades what you had expected?  Are you pleased?  Does your son or daughter need more structure or support to help them develop new skills for studying or preparing for classes?

If parents do not know their username and password, please go to www.worthington.k12.oh.us and click on the login button in the top right corner.  The next screen will ask for the login information and it provides an option to enter your e-mail address if you do not know your username and password.  Please note that your email address must match the one the district has in your student’s profile.  Once you submit your e-mail address, computer services will soon e-mail you with your username and password.

The online report-cards allows for parents and students to assess the progress to date.  Yet many times, if the student is struggling to be successful in classes, the students and parents are not sure what the best steps to pursue for making changes.  One of my top suggestions is to talk to the teachers!  Your teachers have a good perspective on where you stand in their class.  They can help clarify on concepts that you are missing, areas where you can improve, and they can provide concrete suggestions for how you can make changes to find success in their classes.

Parent/ Teacher conferences are coming up soon.  Conferences will be held on Thursday, February 7th and Monday, February 11th from 5:00pm – 8:40pm.  Each conference will be scheduled in 20 minute time blocks.  Conferences allow parents the chance to learn about your student’s classroom performance from the teachers, it allows the opportunity for you to ask questions and they provide an opportunity to build a dialogue with the teachers regarding thoughts and concerns you might have.

Parents, if you are interested in arranging to meet with one of your son or daughter’s teachers during conferences, you will be able to do this beginning Monday, January 26th.  Conferences will be scheduled as people sign up for them, so if you want to make sure you have times that work well for you, I strongly encourage you to register right away Monday morning.  

Please follow the steps below to register for a parent/ teacher conference:
  • ·       Go to http://ptcfast.com/schools/Worthington_Kilbourne_High_School.  This will take you to the conference scheduler.
  • ·        Click on the teacher you would like to meet with for a conference.
  • ·        Sign up by entering your child’s last name, first name, your name and your e-mail address and then click Submit.
  • ·        The next screen will direct you to check your e-mail inbox for a message with the subject “Select Date/ Team for Teacher Conference Now.”
  • ·        Open the e-mail and click on the link to select a conference time.  If you do not receive an e-mail, please check your junk/ spam folder.  Please note, you MUST follow the link in the email in order to complete the sign-up process.
  • ·        The link will take you to a Time Picker.  Available time slots will appear on this page.  If there are no available appointments that suit your schedule, please e-mail the teacher directly to set up an alternate meeting time.
  • ·        After submitting your time slot, you will be prompted to finish, schedule another appointment for the same student or register another student.  Once you have completed your reservations, you will receive an e-mail confirming the date and time of your conferences and a link by which you can make changes to your date or time if you need to do so.


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