Student Led Conferences
Our
school has two official conferences throughout the school year. One in
the Fall and the other in the Spring. The one in the Fall is with
every student's parent for about 15 minutes. The one we have in the
Spring is a Student Led Conference. I have included the documents I use
for this conference. It is so great seeing the student's light up when
they show their work to their parents and tell them different things
they do in class. Throughout the year I collect work for each student.
Then about a week before the conference I get out the folder of work I
saved and have the students look through it. We discuss the different
pieces in folder to see if they remember creating it. This helps the
student tell their parent about it during the conference. I like to
spread out the time that parents show up for the conference so I set up
times for this conference. Below is the form I us.
By
using this form to set up times, it allows only so many students and
parents in the room at once. I feel this is great because it becomes a
special time for that parent and their child.
This checklist is on top of each child's portfolio so the parent or student can check off everything they complete.
Directions are on top of each child's portfolio so the parent understands what to do during the conference.
Since
Student Led Conferences is not a time I conference with the parents I
always lay out a sign up sheet for parents that do want a conference
with me. Then after the Student Led Conference day I set up another
time to meet with them.
If your school doesn't have Student Led Conferences, you are missing
out. In the older grades they reflect more on their work to see what
they could do differently. They also share their data notebooks with
their parents.
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