Student Led Conferences

Student led conferences are beneficial for parents, teachers, and students. The meaning of this presentation was self-explanatory to me. I love the idea of student led conferences because it creates a great deal of accountability for students and develops responsibility for students and parents. I also feel compelled to have my students build a professional portfolio filled with work samples from their classes when I become an educator. With these conferences, students gather their work and the teacher may provide them with data analysis, report cards or progress reports, or a behavior chart (depending on the grade level). The students will have a chance to talk with or present to their parents what they have learned and their understanding of certain activities. I would implement student led conferences for each grading period or progress monitoring throughout the grading period. I would encourage these conferences for all students, struggling and proficient, to keep parents involved in their child’s educational progress. These conferences would impact students because they will have an opportunity to show their parents their assignments and how they have been progressing. I would prepare my students for the conferences by having them review their responsibilities and providing expectations for the conferences. While researching this topic more, I found a photo that could guide me as a teacher when preparing my students for their conference titled Conference Agenda. I would even share learning goals and targets for parents to assure their understanding of their child’s coursework. Here's an example of a second grade student led conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo5ki1mlJ9Q.