Making pandemic student-led conferences work
Staying connected to one another during a pandemic can be hard. Like many of us, teachers and parents have faced
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Student-Led Conferences
Switching to online student led conferences
We had been preparing for spring student led conferences for months. Feedback had been reviewed. Plans had been coordinated. Schedules
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Video evidence & reflection for student-led conferences
How PAML scaffolds screencasts for students Students and their families at Peoples Academy Middle Level have participated in student led
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Who should be assessing student-led conferences?
Feedback is a key component of a successful, celebratory and growth-oriented student-centered conference. And your colleagues, your students and their
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The student-led conference as celebration
What does it take for us to see parent-teacher conferences as celebrations? What does it take for families to see
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PLPs in Seesaw
Seeing students for who they are and what they can do We’re all still looking at various tools for building
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How to design pre-conference conversations with families
Part of shifting to personalized learning is centering students in the traditional parent-teacher conference. They need to lead the
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Student-led conferences come to Leland & Gray
Change is hard! And changing a school procedure that has been the same forever is even harder! Leland and Gray
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Feedback, feedback, feedback! As educators, it’s absolutely critical that we reflect on our practices, especially new ones. As schools around
Read more4 shifts for student-led conferences in a proficiency-based environment
Student-led conferences are for students Student-led conferences are a key strategy in personalized, student-centered educational practices. And they’re even more important
Read moreWant end-of-year family involvement?
Try Passage Presentations. The end of every school year is tough. Teachers and administrators struggle to keep students in line,
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This week on the podcast: Rachel Mark traveled to The Dorset School, in Southern Vermont, to talk with educator Mandy
Read moreThe Parent’s Role in a Student-Led Conference
How can you support your student in sharing how they learn? In recent decades, schools have turned the table on
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Student-led conferences and engagement in PLPs
A middle school case study Katie Bryant, an English teacher at Lamoille Union Middle School, presents the results of her
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Students create screencasts for student-led conferences Sixth graders at The Dorset School in southern Vermont are in their second year
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Steps to a student-led conference Some of my most poignant moments as a teacher occurred around the table of a
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