PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE SIGN UP IS NOW OPEN ON TALOS.
Request appointments by filling out the form on your parent Talos account to receive PTC phone calls. There is no other sign up.
Parent Teacher Conferences (PTC) will take place via phone calls from teachers on:
Thursday, April 7, 2022 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm
and/or
Friday, April 8, 2022 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Parents/Guardians with Talos accounts will be emailed their child’s report card on March 28, 2022. We encourage you to use your Pupilpath account to view your child’s progress thus far. If you need assistance with Pupilpath, please reach out to Eric Lin at elin41@schools.nyc.gov. In the coming days, you may also access report cards on your NYC Schools Account or on Talos on March 28 by clicking ‘grades’ then ‘MP1’.
Please read this email thoroughly. Emails requesting information covered in this document will be referred back to these instructions.
Timeframe to requests appointments:
BEGIN: Friday, March 26, 2022 at 10am
CONCLUDE: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 5pm
- Requests are not first come first serve.
- Fill out the form anytime between March 26 and April 1, 5pm.
- No requests will be programmed until after the request period ends on April 1.
Instructions:
- Log in to your parent account at talos.stuy.edu (this form is not available on student accounts)
- If you encounter difficulty accessing your parent account, or you do not have one, please contact Dina Ingram at ringram3@schools.nyc.gov
- Go to the student dashboard you wish to make the appointments for. *Important for families with siblings at Stuyvesant. FIRST choose the student.
- Click the “PTC” button beside your student’s photo. (it is GREEN and says PTC) Note: some students do not have photos on Talos - the green PTC button is beside the student name.
- Fill out all fields in the form.
- Fill out your form ranking the teachers in the order which you would like to see teachers most.
- Click the “SAVE” button. A Green box will appear in the upper right corner with a checkmark and the word “saved”.
- You will always see what you entered on that page once it’s saved. If your form is blank the next time you log in, the “save” button was not clicked.
- You will receive an email with a copy of your requests to the email address logged in at the time the requests were made.
Look for the green PTC button on your Talos page.
Detailed information:
- There is one form for each student.
- The last data set entered is remembered by the system no matter which parent/guardian fills it out.
- If there are special circumstances which require individual conferences in split households, please reach out to us for further instructions at ringram3@schools.nyc.gov.
- Be sure to indicate if you need interpretation services.
- Conferences with teachers are 5 minutes each and 8 minutes if interpretation is needed.
- Conferences with counselors are 10 minutes each and 12 minutes if interpretation is needed.
- Please be sure to carefully review the phone number you enter on the form as we cannot change it afterwards for you.
- Be available to answer calls that say “unknown”, “private” or “unlisted” on the PTC dates.
- Remember: you are making requests, not appointments. The copy of your requests is NOT a confirmation of appointments or a schedule. You will be programmed for as many appointments as possible after all requests are received.
Please do not email requests for appointment times. Teachers will not make appointments during PTC times via email as they will be fully assigned. You must request appointments for phone calls through Talos.
Receiving appointments & further details
You will be notified on April 4, 2022, via email with a schedule of which teachers will phone you, along with the date and time (this information is not displayed in your Talos account).
- The number of teachers that parents will speak to is dependent upon the number of parents that sign up and how many teachers they are interested in speaking to.
- Parents/Guardians of students in grades 11-12 will be prioritized to see College Counselors.
- Parents/Guardians in all grades (9-12) may opt to see a School Counselor. Priority will be given to grades 9 and 10.
- Changes cannot be made once appointments are distributed.
- If you do not receive an appointment with teachers/counselors you ranked, you may reach out to the teacher/counselor only after April 5 with your concerns/questions.
