Parents & families

The Academic Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT) model isn’t just the latest trend in classrooms across the country; it’s a great way to refresh the traditional parent-teacher conference in a way that’s productive and beneficial for you, your students, and their caregivers.

Sharing the right student data with parents when conference time rolls around can help you paint a clearer picture of each child's process, and give parents meaningful strategies to help their child continue making improvements.

Studies have shown that, used at the right time, external motivators can help children complete a task which they would have not wanted to do previously. Here are four best practice tips for rewarding your children in ways that are healthy and effective in the long term.