Countdown to successful family-teacher conferences

Beginner
K-12 Educator
Microsoft 365 Education
Microsoft Teams
OneNote
PowerPoint

Communicating student progress to parents creates a stronger home-school connection. Educators learn to use Microsoft tools to plan and carry out successful parent conferences in face to face and virtual settings. Learn techniques and tools for before, during, and after meeting with parents.

Learning objectives

In this module, you'll:

  • Design learning experiences through Teams that students can use to demonstrate mastery on a range of topics.

  • Use Microsoft evaluation tools such as Insights to help monitor student success and enable educators to intervene as individual student needs change.

  • Schedule conference times and conduct real-time translations with Microsoft tools for parents and guardians to better communicate student and family needs.

  • Produce a holistic view of student progress and cocreate goals for future learning opportunities with Microsoft tools.

ISTE Standards for Educators:

  • Educator - Designer
  • Educator - Leader
  • Educator - Learner

Prerequisites

None