{"id":10748,"date":"2016-11-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog?p=10748&preview=true&preview_id=10748"},"modified":"2022-04-29T13:50:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T17:50:46","slug":"tying-proficiencies-to-student-led-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/tying-proficiencies-to-student-led-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"4 shifts for student-led conferences in a proficiency-based environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student-led conferences\u00a0are for students<\/em><\/h1>\n

Student-led conferences are a key strategy in personalized, student-centered educational practices.<\/p>\n

And they’re even more important and potentially powerful in a proficiency-based system.<\/p>\n

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\"yup\"<\/h2>\n

What is different about Student Led Conferences in a proficiency-based learning system?<\/h2>\n

The clarity of expectations, transparency in terms of progress, and focus on growth of proficiency-based learning provide students with tools that allow them to truly lead the conference.<\/p>\n

In the excellent book Leaders of Their Own Learning<\/em><\/a>, which focuses on assessment (and proficiency) practices in Expeditionary Learning Education schools, Ron Berger introduces student-led conferences by saying\u00a0“It’s hard to imagine a more high-leverage practice for improving learning than this.”<\/p>\n

Here are two\u00a0videos of student-led conferences in EL Education schools using proficiencies:<\/p>\n