At this school parent interviews take place at home

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016

One Porirua school is turning the traditional parent interview on its head.

Asking a parent to feel comfortable enough to ask hard questions of teachers, or understand all the information about their child, in just 10 minutes was not feasible any more, Holy Family School principal Chris Theobald said.

That is why he is introducing a programme in which support worker Metua Tengaru will visit each of the school’s 120 families in their own homes for an hour, three times a year. Read more

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