…look at strategies for moving to student-led conferences with the following resources and case studies: Student-Led Conferences: An Overview How to help parents prep for student-led conferences How do student-led…
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…conferences: Making pandemic student-led conferences work Switching to online student led conferences Video evidence & reflection for student-led conferences Who should be assessing student-led conferences? The student-led conference as celebration…
Read moreStudent-led conferences are for students Student-led conferences are a key strategy in personalized, student-centered educational practices. And they’re even more important and potentially powerful in a proficiency-based system. What is…
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A middle school case study Katie Bryant, an English teacher at Lamoille Union Middle School, presents the results of her semester-long action research project examining the relationship between student-led conferences…
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…determine its success. Here are some of our favorite resources to help you. Why Student-Led Conferences are Important The student-led conference as celebration Making pandemic student-led conferences work How to…
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…students. Enjoy this updated Student-Led Conferences Toolkit. (You can also find it in its permanent location here.) Student-Led Conferences A student-led conference (or SLC) can be a magical opportunity for…
Read more…questions you used with students: What was the most satisfying part of the student-led conferences? What was the most challenging part of the student-led conferences? What would you change about…
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Feedback is a key component of a successful, celebratory and growth-oriented student-centered conference. And your colleagues, your students and their families can all play vital roles in assessing student-led conferences….
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A student-led conference that brings together the student, teacher, and parent or guardian is a very powerful thing. It puts the student in the driver’s seat. This format varies a…
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…over time, and they plan to use this feedback to revise the student-led conference process. Celebrate success! https://twitter.com/innovativeEd/status/1053050893736857600 Student-led conferences received amazingly positive feedback from parents. I liked that my…
Read moreSteps to a student-led conference Some of my most poignant moments as a teacher occurred around the table of a Student Led Conference. Truly. My eyes have welled with tears…
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…said about student-led conferences. News flash: it’s not always good. So, let’s break down the following quotes while doing two things: thinking about the purpose of student-led conferences (and personalized…
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How PAML scaffolds screencasts for students Students and their families at Peoples Academy Middle Level have participated in student led conferences for a number of years now. What’s new this…
Read more…of waiting. I felt powerless and small. My husband, being present for our son’s student-led conference. Now, the purpose of a student-led conference is to empower the student. The experience…
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…student-led conferences with the aid of screencasts they made, talking about their learning. How did screencasts find their way into student-led conferences? Dorset educator Mandy Thomas explains. Mandy Thomas: So…
Read moreExamples & Tools Student-Led Conferences and Engagement in PLPs, Audrey Homan, Tarrant Institute, 2016 The Rise of the Project-Based PLP, Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2018 What Makes for Good Goal-Setting…
Read more…assessment bring them to life. Student-led conferences Student-led conferences deepen and drive PLP work. Community-Based Learning at Montpelier High School Montpelier’s community-based learning program has been years in the making….
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We had been preparing for spring student led conferences for months. Feedback had been reviewed. Plans had been coordinated. Schedules were created. And now? Poof. Everything changed. One option is…
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…conferences). In addition to portfolios and conferences, O’Donnell (2021) details other practices that center student voice, including self-assessment, student feedback on learning partners, and students writing weekly reflective emails home. …
Read more…vital to getting the PLP program back on track. Student-led conferences and engagement in PLPs Teacher Katie Bryant’s action research reveals the power of integrating PLPs and student-led conferences. Borrow…
Read more…benefitting from student-led PLP conferences: Student-led conferences and engagement in PLPs Screencasting as PLP reflection Student-led conferences come to Leland & Gray Now tell us How do you communicate students’…
Read more…of doing what you would normally do.” Screencasting to lower anxiety at student-led conferences These sixth graders, like many in Vermont, participate in student-led conferences. One common advantage these kids…
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…may gather evidence of learning and share appreciative reflections on growth with families through celebration-centered student-led conferences. Classrooms do important, meaningful, and impactful things together like service-learning and critical project-based…
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…that students themselves feel celebrated for their achievements? We know student-led conferences push our school systems in the right direction, to a place where students demonstrate agency and voice in…
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…comments on work Tagging (folders) Student-led conferences Families can sign up to receive weekly emails from Google Classroom that summarize the assignments completed and owed by students. But families can’t…
Read more…last tab was a conference, because we have student-led conferences, and that was something that we could look back at: Jamieson: And that was something that when we went…
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…families, we’ve found that they are really powerful particularly when coupled with student-led conferences. They convey both that adolescent identity, but also growth over time, best work, what really powerful…
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…student-involved conferences. We weren’t ready to make the leap to student-led conferences yet, but Shrewsbury students in particular started off the conference by sharing their Google Sites that we had…
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…learning environment. Routine PLP work became more prevalent over time and students began to identify work that was “PLPpropriate” and communicate this work at a Student-Led Conference. Student-Led Conferences have…
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…Google Slides, another third used Google Sites, and the last third were split between several platforms, including other website builders, Prezi, Blogger, and non-digital good old fashioned binders. Student-led launch…
Read moreStudent leadership at a school Open House? You betcha. You’ve heard of student-led conferences, but how about a Student-Led Open House? An idea so strange it just might work. When…
Read more…and Student-Led Conferences Examples and Tools Student-Led Conferences and Engagement in PLPs, Audrey Homan, Tarrant Institute, 2016 The Rise of the Project-Based PLP, Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2018 What Makes…
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…teacher conferences to student led conferences this year. They distributed this one-page tips sheet meant to help families prepare for the shift. Scholarly habits at Stowe: Lindsey Halman and…
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How Passion Projects can fire up a student-led conference Julia is a student at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, in South Burlington VT. She’s an athlete and an artist. So…
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…we do to make it better?” Whether it’s an exhibition night or an art night or student-led conferences. That we take the time to do the reflecting we need to…
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…to wrap up the year. Or if this feels like too much, perhaps consider the toned-down student-led check-in. “Informal conversations that connect school, home, and student” that can pivot around…
Read more…learners; the portfolio is a container filled with examples of learning, but it’s also a metaphor for their personalized education journey. Additionally, at a session on student-led conferences by Edmunds…
Read more…resources for exhibitions of learning, student-led conferences, and presentations of learning. As we move towards the end of the year and go into heavy exhibition season, we need to consider…
Read more…student-led conferences. 3. Consult with students individually Whether you start with a structured SMART goal format, or use stealth scaffolding to build from their passions, students will need some one-on-one…
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BINGO. Communication with student’s families outside of student led conferences (SLC) is vital. Giving parents the information they need in order to protect that time for the student voice to…
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…distanced and virtual exhibitions of student work and learning, despite the pandemic. Why provide an audience for student work? We know that student engagement and motivation increase when educators design…
Read more…families in collaborating on projects with real-world meaningfulness. Involve students in planning for 1:1 rollouts. Serve as advisers to them as they plan out their first student-led conferences. Check out…
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…to family conferences, students could rehearse for their student led conferences with the video feature of Seesaw. That way, if a family can’t attend the conference, they could at least…
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…iPads, they bring their iPads home, and we have student-led conferences, so, one of the things that our students do is share a lot of things at that first conference…
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…the Pizza”, and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”. There’s a weekly all-school meeting, student-led conferences at every grade level, and beginning in kindergarten, every student starts learning French. It’s…
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…PLPs and Student-Led Conferences are used, students can demonstrate, share and report on their development of essential skills and dispositions. Please connect with us and share your work with essential…
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…can chart their own growth, reflect on their development, and take ownership over learning. If other tools such as PLPs and Student-Led Conferences are used, students can demonstrate, share and…
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…Creator to create e-books as digital portfolios. Students share their e-books with families at student-led conferences. What other types of activities can help students in their search for identity?…
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…no different at an exhibition. Including exit tickets give your guests a low-pressure way to close the loop on their visit. The good old Google Form For student-led conferences at…
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…Learning Launching PLPs with “The Learner Profile” Designing Flexible Learning Pathways for Young Adolescents Scaffolding for Equitable, Deeper Learning PLPs and Proficiency-Based Assessment PLPs, Goal-Setting and Student-Led Conferences Sustaining Innovation…
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…evaluation is enough? — Nelson formally evaluates 6-8 proficiencies for the school year, but also relies on student work exhibitions and Student Led Conferences. Each proficiency is formally assessed 3-5…
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…agreements of the identity project was that every student would get feedback from at least one teacher. Many teams took this a step further and reviewed each student’s project together….
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…that they were gaining the required skills and knowledge. This tracker was a key resource for preparing for student led conferences. Students document their progress using a proficiency tracker. The…
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…Education to focus on growth and cross-curricular skills like the Essential Skills and Dispositions; Personalized Learning Plans and Student Led Conferences that enhance student ownership; and engaging pedagogies like Project…
Read more…PLP projects to share with their families at student-led conferences. Students from Fayston School were kind enough to travel up to Burlington to present their work on PLPs to educators…
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…world, and share who they are and what they’ve learned through their PLPs, and via student-led conferences (whatever those will look like). What are your students learning and doing during…
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…portfolios or PLPs. Moreover, during student-led conferences, or even a Best Part of My Week routine, the powerful narratives students generate about efficacy resonate strongly with parents. Aguilar’s other recommendations…
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…student-led conferences, passage presentations with portfolios, and standards-based grading will be relevant and will deep my own learning. The latest book by Maira Kalman, Women Holding Things, is also on…
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…conversations about race and identity took center stage due to broader forces in the community. The Student Diversity Union (now the Student Justice Union) at South Burlington High School, co-chaired…
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…and bias with the support of their teacher, Christie Nold. The workshop consisted of different “stations” where each student led a small group of educators in an activity and discussion….
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…led conferences. What happened in between? If you are already working on PLPs with your students, when do you find time to look at them? Do the essential arts teachers…
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…for inclusiveness and belonging; Proficiency-Based Education to focus on growth and cross-curricular skills like the Essential Skills and Dispositions ; Personalized Learning Plans and Student Led Conferences that enhance student…
Read more…setting, gamification, student-led conferences and the list goes on. We are especially proud of our partner educators who have been selected to present at this year’s Vermont Fest. So when…
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