Report Time

Monday, 08 December 2008 14:27

It's that time again, when the final report goes home. Teachers have tripled their workload as they finalise assessments, design assesment tasks and finally write the reports. Six Key Learning Areas, 4 to 5 strands within each, all needing detailed reporting. I'm a little ashamed now to admit that as a parent. the social comment at the end was all I really paid attention to. Of course, it didn't tell me anything about my child that I didn't already know, and after a cursory glance it was filed in the "memory" box. Not all parents are as laid-back, however; I think reports may be one area where more mutual understanding is needed between parents and teachers. Now that I know how much effort goes into them on the teacher's part, I realise I should have tried to understand what they were trying to tell me! For an interesting take on parent/teacher interviews, check out this blog - "hormone coloured days".

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