Student-Led+Conferences

Student-led conferences will… 1. promote self-evaluation and self-awareness on the part of the student 2. encourage critical thinking 3. encourage students to accept responsibility for their learning 4. teach students to evaluate their academic performance and their growth as an individual and a student 5. increase parent participation in their child’s learning 6. promote practice of presentation skills 7. increase the amount of information given to parents
 * Goals **

**Format for FALL Conferences**

1. Conferences will be held in science classrooms. 2. Conferences will begin at 3:30 on Thursday afternoon and 8:30 a.m. on Friday. 3. Students (1-2 students from each Homebase) will come in shifts with their parents to share their prepared portfolio; they will have 20 minutes to do this (they can use a script to help them through the conference). There will be a five (5) minute gap between each set of students (for those who go over the allotted 20 minutes). 4. Core teachers will be available to prompt kids, answer questions from parents, or make comments about students’ progress in their respective classes.

**Letter to Paren** ﻿ **ts**

**Preparation timeline**

1. Oct. 12: Learner profile a. student self-assess, then teacher assess

2. Oct. 14: SMART goal a. Students create one (1) goal to complete within the next 2 weks –could be non-academic

3. Oct. 18-26: Core prep a. prep/reflection

4. Oct. 26: Modeling a. Team members will model good/bad SLC in LLH

5. Oct. 28, Nov. 1, Nov. 3: Practice a. students will practice during HB

6. Nov. 4 and 5th: SLC Conducted

Thursday November 4th: 3-5 p.m - Teacher buses leave at 5:15 Friday November 5th: 8 a.m-3 p.m - Teacher buses leave at 3:30

**Portfolio Organization**

The following components should be part of the portfolio: //**Humanities**//: digital scrapbook, a paper copy of written work exemplifying the writing process, AR reading list for T1, reflections on blog //**Math**//: //**Science**//: //**Art**//? //**Health**//?
 * //World Language//**?:

**Feedback from Fall SLC** __What Students Liked about the Conferences__ -Able to tell your parents your positives -no discussion about grades -Students not stressed out; students felt confident and prepared; lot of time to prepare -Free sandwiches -parents able to meet teachers -no school on Friday (if you had done it on Thursday) -liked the format of the conference -it was really organized(signage, time slots…etc) -Parents listened to rules(for the most part) -0pportunity to discuss learning -showing parents exemplary work -having all core teachers in the one room

__What they didn’t like:__ -teachers were pressuring students - too chaotic – specialist – waiting time too long -not enough time to show everything -teachers hovering over students - took to long to visit all teachers - Fine Arts Lounge was confusing - specialists needed to be closer together except for fine arts - some students went over the time schedule

__Deltas__ -practice in native language if you’re going to present in native language -more sandwich choices -some people late in getting there; delayed everyone -want teachers to talk to the parents more -tour the parents around the school -time too short for some; too long for others -there should be a bell or something that marks the beginning of the conferences.