Student-Led Conferences

Our second round of conferences are scheduled for this Thursday and next Monday. These conferences are optional for our parents, but I have my kiddos and their families participate in student-led conferences. I do my best to have these conferences totally planned by the kiddos so about a week ago, we started talking about conferences and how these conferences would be very different from the typical conferences we had in the fall. We brainstormed a list of "things" we would like to share with our families and then narrowed down our topics and talked about the details we would include.

Today we started practicing our conferences. I paired myself up with a kiddo and pretended I was the student and I was sharing my success with my parent. I showed both the right and wrong ways to tell our parents about what we were sharing. Of course I got a little dramatic but I wanted them to know that just staring at their work and not communicating wasn't going to fly. I then paired the kiddos up with a friend who would be their pretend parent and let them practice together. We'll be practicing more tomorrow and Thursday so that everyone is well prepared.

I really love having my students and their families participate in student led conferences! It's a great way to watch the families interact and let my firsties shine! I've attached a few of the handouts I'll be using this week! Feel free to take a peek!

Student-Led Conference Check List

Tips for Parents

Student-Led Conference Survey