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District seeks to 'remake' SEP conferences to boost parent engagement and clarity
Summary
Jadee Talbot led a 'Keep, Trash, Remake' activity that surfaced concrete suggestions — more student work displays, clearer teacher expectations and standards explained in parent-friendly terms, and timing changes to improve attendance — to reshape SEP and parent-teacher conferences.
Jadee Talbot, director of family and community engagement, asked council members to consider what to "Keep, Trash, and Remake" in SEP conferences to make them more useful and to increase parent attendance.
Participants identified items to keep — examples of student work, take-home kits and student presentations — and common frustrations to 'trash,' such as brief visits that only tell parents their child "needs to read more" without concrete supports. Talbot reported suggestions to 'remake' conferences by setting clear expectations for teachers, offering parent-friendly explanations of standardized scoring and power standards, and considering scheduling changes (for example, avoiding elementary SEPs on Thursdays and providing earlier times) to reduce conflicts and waiting lines. The presentation emphasized shifting some SEP conversations from pure data reporting toward personal goal-setting and behavior-focused conversations to help families act on feedback.
