Parent Teacher Conference Reflection

I felt very nervous before the "conference" which is normal. I tried to take it as seriously as I could. The hardest part I found was thinking on my feet and giving information that was not only true, and beneficial but being careful to not offend the parent. I think that the more experience I get in the classroom, and get to know the students and their families it will become easier for me to interact with them, at least that's what I'm hoping. I hope I will know more of what to expect from individual families, and understand how each child adapts best and reasons for their behaviors. I'm still afraid that I will feel intimidated around the parents but I hope that will not be the case. Hopefully I will become even more confident in my work and will not lose my words and wisdom when I need them most. Overall it was a beneficial experience. I think it would have been interesting to sit in on a parent-teacher conference maybe I will get that opportunity when I student teach. I also noticed that my job will never be easy, I will always have lots of work. I will constantly need to be creative, and constantly have homework. While I was doing the behavior log, agenda, and strategies list I thought of how much time and effort it will be on my part to make sure that I watch each and every child in my classroom and take notes on their behavior. Especially if I have over 20 students. I'm sure the first few years will be difficult but hopefully I will be able to work out a system that works and will benefit everyone.