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面談mendanmeeting with a teacher
What it means
The key words are 相談 (sōdan, a consultation or request for advice), 面談 (mendan, a meeting with a teacher) and 教育委員会 (kyōiku iinkai, the board of education that runs your ward's or city's public schools).
Guides that use 面談
- Who to call when something goes wrong at school: the ladder inside the school, and the lines outside itAcross all stages
- Home visits, parents' meetings and the one-to-one conferenceElementary school, grades 1–3
- Reporting an absence and reaching the school: the app, the 8 a.m. rule, and when to phoneElementary school, grades 1–3
- The school-year calendar: the months two Minato elementary schools printElementary school, grades 1–3
- Junior high in Tokyo: regular tests, the report card, clubs, and the three-way meetingHigh-school entrance exams
- Tokyo private high schools: first-choice recommendation, 併願優遇, and the December consultationHigh-school entrance exams
- DLA: how a school measures your child's Japanese, and why it is not a pass-or-fail testAcross all stages
- Keeping your home language (including English) while your child is in a Japanese schoolAcross all stages
- Religion, food and dress at a Japanese school: what MEXT tells schools to consider, and how to askAcross all stages
Related words
- 教育委員会 (kyōiku iinkai)board of education
- 相談 (sōdan)consultation
- 個人面談 (kojin mendan)parent–teacher conference
- 三者面談 (sansha mendan)three-way meeting
Tools and pages for this stage
What to do next
- Find your child's path: the free juken check
Free, no sign-in. The route that fits, what it costs and the deadlines on the way.
- See the season pass
Verified dates and fees for every school, a reminder before each deadline, unlimited questions.