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	It’s Parent-Teacher Conference Time! http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/guides/uft/conference.html
	This quick and easy guide by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education will help you think about what you would like to share with a teacher about your child during parent-teacher conferences and what questions you may want to ask the teacher at that time. It is particularly useful if you have children in different levels of school and would like to know what types of questions you should ask the different teachers
	Getting the Most Out of Parent-Teacher Conferences http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/npin/pnews/pnew297/pnew297j.html
	Dawn Ramsburg wrote this May 1997 piece for Parent News to prepare parents for parent-teacher conferences. She suggests ways to prepare before, the day of, during and after the conference. The most useful section is the series of questions she offers for parents to ask teachers, and unlike other articles, divides these into questions appropriate for pre-school and elementary school (and older).
	Parent-Teacher Communication http://cnet.unb.ca/cap/partners/chsptf/conferences.html
	This concise excerpt from the “Parent Resource Binder: The Essential Link” published by the Newfoundland and Labrador Home and School Federation gives useful information for the parent to consider before, during, and after a parent-teacher conference. While the questions are pretty standard, it does place a subtle emphasis on the inclusion of the child in his/her evaluation and progress.
	Parent-Teacher Conferences: How can I get the most out of them? http://www.bellsouth.com/sc/edu/midstrm/page24.htm
	Although compiled in 1989, Home and School Institute provides an interesting list of 10 tips for parents during parent-teacher conferences. Unlike many other sites, this includes the human side of these conferences, not just factual questions about the child and curriculum. It reminds parents that teachers “need good words, just like anybody else”, that they should be open-minded, and that they should not leave the conference feeling unsure about anything. Overall, this site offers a useful, well-rounded perspective to maximize the parent-teacher conference.