Originally Posted by jack'smom
Although I agree you can get alot done by email, I think it's good to also meet the teacher face to face. Something about the human contact that is different from email. They can also show you their written work while talking to you, which you can't do as easily via email.


I always used to meet the teachers at the beginning of the year during the back to school night. I just never found the parent conferences too productive, especially given the number of parents each teacher had to see on those days. I was just one of many.

As for written work, I was never shown any other than what he brought home from school, so that wouldn't even occur to me as something to ask for during the conferences? hmmm, something to keep in mind for when my two little monkeys are older!