Parent-Teacher Interviews
Mid-Semester Interviews: Thursday 26th September 2024
Dear Parents,
Parent-Teacher mid-semester interviews for Semester 2, 2024 will be held, for years 11 & 12, from 3:30pm to 6:30pm on Thursday 26th September.
Interviews will be of 5 minutes duration.
For these interviews, we are introducing a new online booking system called "Parent-Teacher On-Line" (PTO). PTO is an online system that will save time for parents, staff, and students, and will make the entire process of Parent-Teacher meetings easier for everyone.
Using PTO you will be able to book the interview time/s that suit you best, using a computer or with the PTO app from your smartphone.
To Access PTO simply:
As soon as the PTO system is open to parents, on Wednesday 18th September from 6pm, either click on the PTO icon below from your computer,
or if you are using a smartphone, download the PTO app from your app store and use the following 5-digit code, kd9kd, to register:
From the Dickson College PTO web-page, select the "Obtain Password" tab:
and enter the email address your DC emails are sent to.
On the smartphone app, simply enter this email address in the field indicated below:
A new PIN will be emailed to you, along with a direct link to log you straight into PTO, if that's easier.
From there simply follow the on-screen instructions.
When you log on, the system only displays your own child/children. Bookings are made for individual parents/carers, not for couples. Couples can, however log on to the system simultaneously to coordinate bookings.
If two parents/carers wish to attend a single interview time slot, one parent/guardian should make the booking on their joint behalf, then both can attend.
You will only see time slots that are still available at that moment in time and as time slots are booked for teachers, those time slots are no longer displayed as available. PTO prevents double-booking of teachers or parents/carers.
When you have made all the bookings you require, you can download or email yourself a report of your bookings, and/or an iCal calendar file.
You can log back into PTO and change or cancel your bookings any time up to 24th September 12:00pm.
If you see an exclamation symbol displayed along-side the class name it indicates this teacher recommends that you book an interview.
Other parents may be making bookings at the same time as you are. It is possible, though unlikely, that a time slot is displayed to you as available but is then booked by another parent shortly afterwards. If you then attempt to book this time slot it will not be available, and a message will be displayed to indicate this has occurred
If you encounter any problems using PTO please contact the school office on 02 61420140, or by email to DicksonC.studentadmin@ed.act.edu.au