Parent Student Teacher Interviews
This week we host our student led Parent, Student, Teacher Interviews. The purpose of this is to look forward, to capitalise on where your son is now and what he has done to reach this point. At the heart of launching onwards and upwards into this semester, as contrary as it sounds, is the IBO attribute of Reflection or looking back. For the past week students have been analysing their Semester 1 report card, talking with their teachers and identifying criteria, behaviours or attributes that they can set as targets to work on and improve over the next 16 weeks.
Crucial to the effectiveness of goal setting is creating a plan that supports goal attainment. This is the thrust of PST Interviews this week, having your son articulate what it is he wants to achieve this semester and how he is going to do it. Goals may be as simple as improving criteria A in Science, or handing in every assignment on time or simply a commitment to asking a clarifying question at least once in each lesson.
My hopes for our Student Goal Setting process are: in each student we,
- continue to groove the habit if being reflective and to plan for improvement.
- continue to reinforce the notion that success, achievement, fulfilment, happiness, is most frequently achieved one small step at a time, not in one great, mad rush when the end is in sight.
- continue to reaffirm that behind each student is a strong and positive parent, teacher commitment.
