Wednesday 18 December 2013

IPEM (Individual Parent Educator Meeting)

 Individual Parent Educator Meetings (IPEMs) are going on in the school. IPEMs are held twice in an academic year in the school campus, once in August and once in December. Parents are informed about the date and time slots a month in advance to  enable them to be prepared with the points they need to discuss. Educators maintain files in which details about the child’s progress and requirements are recorded in the files.

In these meetings, class teachers  and subject teachers meet the parents and review the child’s progress till that time. IPEM’s are one of the several methods Eklavya uses to help Educators and parents work hand-in-hand with the single-minded purpose of benefiting the child. These meetings have a clear agenda which is to provide inputs – academic, behaviour and social interaction- for the improvement of the child. 


In the IPEMs class teachers meet the parents for about half an hour. The agenda generally includes the child’s physical and emotional growth, a review of how the child is developing her social skills and acquiring her academic skills.The parents then also meet the activity teachers (Music, Dance, Sports, Art, Craft and Library) who are available in the library during this time. Apart from work habits and academic performance, any other issue of concern regarding behaviour is also  discussed. Anecdotes are shared with parents giving them a glimpse of their child in school.

The Principal keeps herself totally free and is available during the IPEM’s and parents are welcome to meet her individually. IPEM’s serve as a platform for effective communication between parents and educators to provide and do what is best for the child.
 

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