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Parent/Teacher Planning Tool

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Dear Families:

Thank you for all that you do! I’m excited to get to know you and team up to support your child’s academic success.

Together, we’ll use this short tool at our conference to create a learning plan based on your important insights, my classroom observations, and data showing your child’s reading progress.

I’m looking forward to a great year!

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Student’s Name:

[Insert First and Last Name]

Grade:

[Insert Grade Number]

Teacher’s Name:

[Insert]

Contact Information:

[Insert best way to reach you]

TEACHER NOTES: The purpose of this short tool is to provide a guide for parent-teacher conferences to reach a shared understanding of strengths/areas for growth and co-create a learning plan with families.

This should not be the first conversation with families, it’s important to make a personal connection to begin building trust at the start of the year.

This tool is meant to be adapted based on what you already know about the student and family.

How to Use the Tool:

Make a copy of the slides for each student and enter the student’s name, grade, and your name (and contact information)
On slides 6-9, customize and copy any relevant slides to include as much information as you have about the child’s progress. Templates are provided for reading but can be used for math, science and social studies too.
You can either send to families prior to the meeting so they have a chance to think about their reflections or you can share it the day of the conference. Whether in print or digital format, it’s meant to capture family input as well as the co-created plan.

(For the personalized families versions you send, please read and then delete the teacher notes in this section before sending to parents. Keep a master copy for yourself.)

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Together, let’s use the 3 steps below to make a �personalized learning plan for your child

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Share reading and math data and progress

Team up on a plan

Help me get to know your child

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Getting to Know Your Child

Parent/Family Insights

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I’ve really enjoyed getting to know your child. I’d love to learn more. For example, What makes them happy and excited? What do they enjoy doing at home?

What do they like about school this year so far? What don’t they like about it?

What are their life skill strengths and areas we can work on together? (For example, communication, confidence, problem-solving, respect, teamwork.)

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Reading and Math Progress

PARENT/FAMILY AND STUDENT INPUT

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Thinking about last year, the summer and the start of this year, what’s important for me to know about your child’s learning...

What have you noticed about their reading and math skills? What do they like to read about? What do they like about math?

What do they feel confident about with reading and math? What do you think they need more support with?

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Beginning of Year Reading �Screener Results

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Overall, your child is ______ (at risk/potential risk).

Skill Breakdown

Phonics: ___________

Oral Reading Fluency (reading aloud): ____________

Reading Comprehension (understanding what they read): ______________

[add details on specific skills that are areas of strength and challenge]

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End of Year Reading Test Results

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Your child scored _______ out of ______ possible points.

This falls in the [did not meet grade level, close to grade level, met the grade level/mastered the grade level expectations] range.

Skill Breakdown

[add details on specific skills that are areas of strength and challenge]

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Reading Progress: Individual Reading Plan

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This plan can help us:

Review results
Set beginning-of-year goals and strategies to support your child’s reading
Understand how we will check on progress
Share ways to support your child at home
Set expectations for future updates
Invite your questions and feedback

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The Literacy Tutoring Grant Program

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Math Progress: Screener Results

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Overall, your child is ______ (at risk/potential risk).

Skill Breakdown

Number and Place Value: ___________

Computation and Algebraic Reasoning: ______________

[add details on specific skills that are areas of strength and challenge]

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Math Progress: i-Ready

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Your child’s overall scale score is ___________.

Your child’s level is [Above Grade Level, At Grade Level, Approaching Grade Level, Needs Improvement]

At home you can work on ________________________.

*Share Diagnostic Results (Student) and Family Report

TEACHER NOTES: The Math Data slides here are an example.

Prior to meeting with parents, insert the student’s score and range in the first blanks OR replace it with visuals/charts from their benchmark reports. Here are helpful family guides for common benchmark assessments: MAP Growth, mClass, i-Ready, DIBELS

-Choose from the did not meet, approaching, met, mastered grade level in the second sentence and delete the others.

-Share with families that the purpose of beginning of year benchmark data is to better understand how their child is progressing academically, and to identify the exact skills where their child may need more support.

-Share that the goal is to work together to get to “approaching or met grade level range.” (If they aren’t there yet.)

-Share your observations about progress against these skills and show an example of classroom work so that parents know what the skill “looks like.” You can also show a sample question from the benchmark assessment.

-NOTE: This slide can also be customized for Science or Social Studies, you can add slides for subjects as needed. Also, if your district or school has a video or printed document that explains how to read their benchmark or other data, include the link and share with families.

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Team Up on a Plan�TEACHER & PARENT/FAMILY INPUT

3 key reading and math skills to focus on this fall:

3 key life skills and/or learning habits to focus on this fall:

Strategies for supporting these skills at home:

Resources to support these skills:

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Resources

R.I.S.E. Family Resources

Web page with resources

Literacy Tutoring Grant Program

Information and forms

ATLAS Family Resources

Support Your Child’s Reading Skills

Learning Heroes: Readiness Check

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Thank you! Let’s stay connected!

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Next Check in:

(Insert date/time)