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ELEMENTARY CONFERENCES. A. Elementary classroom teachers shall have at least one conference during the school year with each child’s parents. If the teacher is unable to get the parent to come in for a conference, the teacher shall refer the matter to the principal. Should both teacher and principal be unable to get the parents in for such a conference, the teacher will complete the conference form, note the parent’s unwilling- ness to come in, and file the conference form in the child’s permanent file. B. The present conference form will continue to be used for all conferences. Upon completion of a conference, this form will be placed in the child’s permanent file. C. In each elementary school, grades 1-6 shall have four half days allotted to parent conferences; kindergarten teachers shall have six half days. Kindergarten teachers will be allowed an additional two half-day conferences per year and their classes will be covered by substitute teachers. Kindergarten teachers shall have a total of eight half-days allotted for conferences. These days shall be scheduled by the Assistant Superintendent, Instruction. Every effort will be made to schedule these conferences during the second and third quarters of the school year. Conferences will not be scheduled on report card days or the days immediately preceding or immediately following these days. D. There will be no lunch program on these days. Pupils will be dismissed as early as possible to provide a maximum amount of time for the writing up and participation in these conferences. E. Effective planning must occur on an ongoing weekly basis. It is expected that daily planning time will be utilized to coordinate programs when necessary. However, a single half-day monthly release time for collaborative sessions will be available for K-6 remedial reading, speech pathologists and special education teachers to discuss their students with the appropriate classroom teacher. The premise of this coordination is to provide team collaboration with regular, special education, speech and remedial teachers during the same time period. Collaboration with the classroom teachers will be done through a rotational substitute for the classroom teachers during the identified half day. Schedules for these half-day sessions will be coordinated with the building principal. At the discretion of the building principal, additional release time may be available for collaborative planning.

ELEMENTARY CONFERENCES. A. Elementary classroom teachers shall have at least one conference during the school year with each child’s parents. If the teacher is unable to get the parent to come in for a conference, the teacher shall refer the matter to the principal. Should both teacher and principal be unable to get the parents in for such a conference, conference the teacher will complete the conference form, note the parent’s unwilling- ness die parents unwillingness to come in, and file the conference form in the child’s permanent file. B. The present A conference form report form, developed jointly by representatives from the SCTA and the District, will continue to be used for all parent conferences. Upon completion of a conference, Teachers will utilize this form during elementary conferences to provide information to parents regarding student achievement. A duplicate copy will be placed in the childstudent’s permanent file. C. In each elementary school, grades 1-6 shall have four half one full day and two half-days allotted to for parent conferences; kindergarten teachers shall have six half half-days, beginning in November of each school year. Every effort will be made to schedule these conferences prior to the first report card. Kindergarten teachers will be allowed have an additional two half-day conferences per year and their classes will be covered by substitute teachers. Kindergarten teachers shall will have a total the equivalent of eight half-half­ days allotted for conferences. These days shall will be scheduled by the die Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent for Instruction. Every effort will be made to schedule these conferences during the second and third quarters of the school year. Conferences will not be scheduled on report card days or the days immediately preceding or immediately following these days. D. There will be no lunch program on these days. Pupils will be dismissed as early as possible to provide a maximum amount of time for the writing up and participation in these conferences. E. Effective planning must occur on an ongoing weekly basis. It is expected that daily planning time will be utilized to coordinate programs when necessary. However, a single half-half­ day monthly release time for collaborative sessions will be available for K-6 remedial reading, speech pathologists and special education teachers to discuss their students with the appropriate classroom teacher. The premise of this coordination is to provide team collaboration with regular, special education, speech and remedial teachers during the same time period. Collaboration with the classroom teachers will be done through a rotational substitute for the classroom teachers during the identified half day. Schedules for these half-day sessions will be coordinated with the building principal. At the discretion of the building principal, additional release time may be available for collaborative planning. F. The three grade reporting periods for grades 1-4 will be determined by the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction.