For the first time in a long time the school year ended and your child did not come home with a Provincial Report card. There was no descriptive feedback discussing their strengths and areas of improvement and there were no learning skills that explained how your child learns and performs best at school.
This lack of information can leave many wondering - and we are certain many parents like yourself have numerous questions. Questions such as: What can be said about my child’s achievements this year? How did they grow academically? Did they improve their social skills? Grow their emotional intelligence? Become productive community members in the classroom and beyond? What factors indicate these growths and developments? What are the next steps my child needs to be taking to help narrow the achievement gap? How can I help them do this?
As parents we are sometimes in the dark when it comes to navigating the classroom, curriculum and learning expectations. We are not familiar with important terms that impact daily assessment and evaluation such as Overall and Specific expectations, Success Criteria and Summative evaluations. Parents rely on the provincial report card to explain the learning that takes place, so they can best understand how their child learns and what their areas of strength and improvement are.
What we do know as parents is that education jargon is often spoken without translation, decisions about your child's academic program and environment are sometimes made without your knowledge and that all of the information you need to make informed decisions regarding your child's academic, social and emotional welfare is not always shared and made accessible. Do you have a question or concern that you were not able to ask or share? Put your HANDS UP! and ask us - Wolff Educational Services can answer your questions and address your concerns.
So, if you want answers pertaining to your child’s learning, their placement, areas of improvement or transitions, answers that were not addressed with achievement data - Wolff Educational Services can help - we are offering HANDS UP! A place where parents can email us their questions or concerns and we can provide accurate up-to-date relevant information as it pertains to your individual questions and concerns.
Just click on the link below and send us your questions or concerns and we will reply with the answers you need to know. Just because school is out and you do not have a report card in hand does not mean the learning ends….so put your HANDS UP! And ask us anything that you feel was not addressed or answered in the absence of the provincial report card.
http://www.wolffeducationalservices.ca/hands-up/
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