Hello Parents/Guardians,
Student Conferences are coming up on Thurs. November 24th & Fri. November 25th. We would like to give you some direction on what that will look like this year. We continue to use the Bookings App through Office365. When you book a conference meeting online, it will automatically go into the teacher’s outlook calendar. Student conference meetings will be held in-person with the option of a virtual meeting if needed. Parents/Guardians will be required to complete a question as to whether you would like a virtual or in-person meeting online. For those who choose a virtual meeting, they will be held on Microsoft TEAMS and teachers will send a meeting invite to the e-mail that was entered for your scheduled time.
To ensure that you get as many options to choose from, please sign up as soon as possible.
Steps for booking:
1. Click on the link at the end of this e-mail – this will bring you to all of the grade groups
2. Choose which grade group your child is in (you will have to book a separate meeting for each child) and scroll down the page
3. MOST IMPORTANT – Under the “Select Staff” option, please be sure to choose your child’s homeroom teacher as it defaults to “Anyone”
4. Pick an available time either on November 24th or November 25th that is listed
5. Add your details of your name & e-mail address (please be sure to enter the e-mail address correctly or you will not receive the confirmation e-mail).
6. Fill out the additional information – these fields are mandatory in order for your booking to go through (child’s first name, child’s last name and if you would like a in-person or virtual meeting)
7. Hit “Book”
Once you hit book, hit “OK” and you will see a confirmation page as well as the options to Reschedule, Cancel or New Booking. If you have more than one child, you are able to hit “New Booking” and it will take you back to the main page and you can follow the same instructions as above to book for another child.
You will get a confirmation e-mail for each online meeting that you book. If you cancel or reschedule a meeting, both the teacher and parent will get a cancellation/rescheduled e-mail to confirm.
* Please note that sometimes appointment confirmations will read that the meeting will be held on Teams despite selecting in-person. Please ignore if you receive this notification and are booked for an in-person appointment.
If you have any questions or you are having trouble, please either e-mail myself at asumner@westernsd.mb.ca or give me a call at 204-822-6225.
LINK TO BOOK ONLINE MEETINGS:
https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/coleMordenMiddleSchool1@westernschooldivision.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/
