Collins Elementary Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences

November 7, 2024 @ 12:15-3:15 PM- Virtual/In Person

November 7, 2024 @ 4:00-7:00 PM - Virtual/In Person

November 14, 2024 @ 4:00-7:00 PM- Virtual/In Person

CONFERENCES:

Greetings Collins families-

The end of the Quarter 1 will be on November 1, 2024. Report cards will be available by the end of day November 8th. Therefore, it's time to schedule our favorite time of the year: FALL CONFERENCES!

WHEN:

• November 7th: 12:15-3:15 IN-PERSON CONFERENCES (virtual is available if necessary)
• November 7th: 4:00-7:00 PM in-person (virtual is available if necessary)
• November 14th: 4:00-7:00 virtual (in-person is available if necessary)

HOW TO SCHEDULE: SchoolSoft Conferences

• Once again, families will be scheduling conferences utilizing our SCHOOLSOFT conference manager. You will book a 15-minute appointment.
• Book a 15-minute appointment for each child.
• When booking for multiple children in your household, we ask that you leave a 15-minute gap in-between each conference in an effort to keep our conferences running on-time for all families. .
• The system will allow you to check teachers’ conference schedules and book an appointment on-line. You will use the same system for you and your child’s teacher to have a virtual conversation about their academic progress.

REGISTERING:

• If you have already used Conference Manager by SchoolSoft, then you most likely have an account set up. Please use this login.
• If you are NEW to this system, you will be asked to create an account. You will continue to use this same account for the duration of the time you have children in the school, so please record your password where you can reference it later.
• Please note while you can register at any time, the appointment window is open on October 22 and will continue through November 5th.
  

HOW-TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT:

• To create an account, please use the following steps (a tutorial is available at this link):
• 1. Go to the following website https://utica.schoolsoft.com

• 2. Register for a parent account. To register click the REGISTER NOW button and complete the registration page. Once registered you will be able to immediately log in to the Conference Manager. An email will also be sent to the address you specified. This email restates your username and password and should be saved, as you will use the same username and password when booking future rounds of Parent-Teacher Conferences. If you forget your password, you can reset it using the FORGOT PASSWORD link under the login button.

When registering, if you have multiple students, you should enter all of them at the same time.

"Once registered you can log in to the Conference Manager any time. (Shared from other school)

• 3. Click the BOOK NOW button and select a conference date in the date drop-down that appears. Then, select the teacher(s) you wish to meet with and click the NEXT button. To coordinate bookings involving multiple teachers select all the teachers applicable to your child(ren) with whom you wish to meet.

• 4. Click on an available time slot for each teacher you selected and complete the booking form that appears. You should see the booking appear in the summary list on the right-hand side of the screen. A confirmation email is sent for each booking you made or subsequently cancel. You will also receive a reminder and conference itinerary by email.

• 5. Confirm your appointments have been booked by looking at the “CURRENTLY BOOKED CONFERENCES” box on the right of the screen or click on the MY CONFERENCES tab. Only appointments that appear in the CURRENTLY BOOKED CONFERENCES box or on the MY CONFERENCES page are confirmed bookings.

• 6. When finished booking, click the log off button located at the top right of the browser window. You will have the opportunity to provide feedback regarding the use of the Conference Manager to the school administration through a user survey before completely exiting. We appreciate you completing the survey as this helps guide our decision-making regarding how conferences are booked in the future.

• 7. If you book a virtual conference, just prior to your scheduled conference time, you will receive a link to your video conference. At the appropriate time, click on the link and the teacher will admit you to the room. Please note, our conferences are scheduled for 15 minutes per student.

If you are unable to book your own appointment using this system, please contact the school office at: 586-797-4200.