Parent Teacher Student Conferences (PTSC) – Save the dates!

This Semester we are conducting our Term 3 Parent Teacher Student Conferences (PTSC) in two different modes. We will have one day occurring via telephone and one day face to face at NHS.

Reasons for this include:

Being mindful of student, parent and staff safety/wellbeing and having one day via telephone reduces risk of COVID transmission

It provides choice and flexibility to our students and families on how they would like to participate

As we have COVID cases still occurring and at with members of our school community potentially having to isolate, having one day via telephone ensures all students/families and staff can participate in PTSC

Our Term 3 Parent Teacher Student Conferences will be conducted:

Remotely, via phone in Week 9 of term on:

Wednesday 7th September, 10.30am-7.30pm

Face to Face at NHS in Week 10 of term on:

Friday 16th September, 9.00am-2.30pm

Please note, we will continue to assess the impacts of COVID and will communicate if we need to make any amendments to our PTSC arrangements.

Bookings 

Via Compass (see instructions below). Open 9am, Monday 22nd August and close 4pm, Friday 2nd September.

What you need to know right now

Appointments are in timeslots of 10 minutes with an excepted running time of 7 minutes to allow transition between appointments.

There will be no classes on those days. Students should continue with existing tasks and are encouraged to participate in the Conversations, just as they would when we run them face-to-face.

Teachers will not be available to answer emails/other communications on those days, as they will be occupied with the PTSC.

How to book when Compass opens

1. Log in to Compass. On the welcome page click the 'Book Parent Teacher Interviews' button available next to the student photo, or click the Dashboard Alert at the top of the Newsfeed.

More information and reminders will continue to be shared via the School Newsletter

2. You will see “Semester 1 PTSC Tuesday 29th March” and also “Semester 1 PTSC Thursday 31st March”. Click on your preferred day for PTSC.

3. A panel will come up, as shown.

4. To book by timeslot, click the timeslot and then select the teacher from the right who you would like to book with for this specific time. The teachers who are available during this timeslot will be shown in white.

5. To book by teacher, click the teacher's name in the list at the far right. The schedule to the left will display only the timeslots that the teacher is still available to be booked with. All timeslots that the teacher is already booked out for will be greyed out. Just click an available timeslot on the left to make a booking.

6. You will receive a confirmation popup to confirm the details

of the booking. Click the OK button. If you don’t click the confirmation button it won’t save your bookings).

Tips

It’s a good idea to print or copy down your bookings! We do not keep a copy for you at school.

This year we will keep bookings open until the day prior to the commencement of the PTSC.

Who to see

Student-Parent-Teacher Conversations are always well supported at Northcote High School. However, if you are new to the process, here is some advice: 

Appointments book out quickly for some staff. Please don’t delay to make your appointments.

Select teachers to see on the basis of need. For example if you are concerned about how your child is going in a particular subject, contact with that staff-member should be a priority. If you miss out on seeing a teacher but need to see them, please contact them for another appointment via Compass.

Some other teachers work part time and may have limited availability on both days. Look for availability when you log on to Compass. If the teacher’s name does not come up as an option when you look on Compass, it means they don’t work that day. Please contact these teachers by Compass if required. There may be other reasons that teachers are not available for one or both of the Student-Parent-Teacher Conversation dates. They will be blocked out on their schedules.

Please check Compass on the day for any unexpected absence announcements.

Allira Scott

Assistant Principal

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