PTM checklist for class teachers

The week before

• Send each family a time slot, not just the date. Keep 10 minutes per child and a 5-minute gap every hour.
• Print the marks of the last two tests and the attendance for the term for every student.
• Note one thing each child does well. Write it down; it is easy to forget with 35 families.
• Mark the 4 or 5 students you need longer with. Give them the last slots of the day.
• Ask subject teachers for one line on any child they are worried about.

For each family (10 minutes)

1. Start with the thing the child does well. (1 min)
2. Show the marks and attendance. Let the parent read them. (2 min)
3. One area to work on, with an example from class or a notebook. (3 min)
4. Ask the parent: what do you see at home? Listen. (2 min)
5. Agree on one thing the parent will do and one thing you will do. Write both down. (2 min)

After the PTM

• List the families who did not come. Call them in the same week.
• Send each family the one thing you agreed on, in writing.
• Check the two or three serious cases again after four weeks.