…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…
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…Student Survey So I tried to ask students before the conference how they felt about the student-led conference, if they’d ever been in a conference before. Here are a couple…
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…
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…
Read more…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…
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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…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…
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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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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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…a Personal Learning Plan, or PLP. Ideally, student-led conferences shift the agency in that conference from the teacher to the student, and put the student in the driver’s seat for…
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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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…H. Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington, VT, sat down with her mom, her math teacher and a student teacher, for one incredibly powerful student-led conference. Morgan had notes. She’d…
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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…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…
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…the student-led conference A teacher-generated video example launches the project. Students consider how to meet the requirements of sharing learning aligned to clear targets from their interdisciplinary project-based work: Include…
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…to meet with the teacher. But a student-led conference doesn’t mean you can’t also meet with the teacher alone. Okay, let’s consider a hybrid approach! 10 minutes student-led, 10 minutes…
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…is the virtual location of the “room”. Getting up and running hosting Zoom meetings is relatively straightforward. Structuring your online student-led–conference The online conference structure can be what you had…
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…
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…her student-led conference. Preparing a screencast that shows the particular elements of Lou’s learning that she’s most proud of provides a structure for the student-led conference. Lou talks about her…
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…All of the above! Communication prior to the student-led conference should be considered a necessary component of a successful conference. There’s a tremendous amount of information parents want to know….
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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…
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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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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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…example of how I love my role as a teacher, this Google Doc. I’m tracking the conversation, there’s a ton of student-led discussions — and I mean student-led, where I…
Read more…end of our Deep Dive, Deeper Learning held a full conference Exhibition. I was like the student at an Exhibition Night I was like the student at an Exhibition Night,…
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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…
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…along the way by a school that truly values student voice and choice, has embraced proficiency-based graduation requirements and has taken the concept of the student-led conference to new heights….
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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…
Read more…too. This is important for learning in general and can be very helpful in recognizing patterns that need to be addressed. During a recent student-led conference, one student connected his…
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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…reflection on student-led conferences Video evidence and reflection for a student-led conference A quick word about student-led “celebrations” with Morgan and her mom Prepping for a student-led conference: The Script…
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…in the week; goal time and a passion time, that are completely student-led, student-directed. The students decided what their SMART goal is.They decided how they’re going to reach that SMART…
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…
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…want to read? What kinds of stories will captivate students and their families, and make them turn the pages outside of a student-led conference? Implement robust Proficiency-Based Assessments A wise…
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…kind of hard to come by at the conference, so we did our best to find a place without ceilings that were too high, or too echoey, or filled with…
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…one thing: “I’m not going back.” Guided by student voice Elizabeth brought some students to the Middle Grades Conference in January 2018 to help her present her action research….
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…about each other and can share their understandings with their teacher, families, and communities (hello PLP and Student-Led Conference!). And so we can’t wait to see all of the ways…
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…members at Burke’s Student Showcase Night. The evening included musical performances and a student-led community dinner as well as project showcases. As a measure of how successful this year’s even…
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…after the student’s student-led conference. The area quickly became a hub of activity as families took a minute to take a breather and answer a few questions on the new…
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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…
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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…
Read more…out the student-made board game, below, called “Extinction-opoly”. click to enlarge As a result, at the end of the unit, a student survey showed high levels of engagement. Especially…
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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…
Read more…was available to her parents in her PLP. She also brought it up at her student-led conference, declaring herself overjoyed to have something to talk to her parents about in…
Read more…equity Episode 22: Mathew’s Y.E.A.R. at The Compass School Episode 21: Brattleboro’s Radio Days Episode 20: Personalized learning at the Middle Grades Institute Episode 19: Screencasting for a student-led conference…
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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…to share stories about his Hunter Safety education with Henry’s teacher at his upcoming student-led conference. His interest in and exploration of Vermont Hunter Education truly fits the definition of…
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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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…you learn something new: about students, about education …and about yourself. Shelly Blancq “Just be okay if a student is not engaging like you think they should. It’s kind of…
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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…
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A trio of Tuttle 6th graders led educators from around Vermont through activities in bias-awareness and social identity at the 2018 Middle Grades Conference. And what they learned from those…
Read more…then had a peer conference with someone. This is what Ella Dice’s peer-led conference with Garrett Nelson was like. But what was it like for students? Cole Hill, Harper Haase,…
Read more…own communities. As the morning began, we explored the 17 Global Goals. Each student picked a goal and began thinking about an independent project. It was fascinating to observe which…
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…a transformation of the systems that flexible pathways were reality, and they were honored through, you know, story and connections with those areas of growth, you know, student led connections,…
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…sense of belonging? Jeanie: Yes, you’re just echoing so much of what some listeners and myself heard at the recent Rowland Conference where Carla Shalaby gave a beautiful keynote. And…
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…set up outside. A rough path led through the snow toward it. I only had a few moments to wonder at the sight before continuing on my way, determined not…
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…relevance and ground the experience in the community, instead of existing solely in the virtual world. Create a high-trust environment for students. Establish student-led rules for the Minecraft world. Once…
Read more…support moving forward. Similarly, a team at Lamoille Union Middle School pioneered Student Led Conferences at the school. Their thorough data collection showed nearly unanimous support by parents and students,…
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…very first student led community meeting, which took place in December of 2018. You’ll see that it starts off, students are a little awkward. They’re a little unsure what to…
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…1619 Project. Which is wonderful. Because The 1619 Project really disrupted all of the history I learned as a student, right? By centering the experiences — and not just the…
Read more…in the PLP? Click here to share your answer Let’s go: The inevitable next step in this progression is the movement away from the parent-teacher conference, toward student-led PLP conferences….
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