This article focuses on student-led parent conferences. It discusses the importance of focusing on a student portfolio during the conference. It is important to have the student chose what to put in his or her portfolio to share with their parents. It is also essential to make a schedule and stick to it. By having a schedule it allows for little off topic conversation and gives the students something to go off of while speaking. Evaluating right away is also important, there are only four main questions needed for a good evaluation of the conference. Another beneficial idea when doing a student-led conference is for the parents to fill out a questionnaire afterwards to get immediate feedback for the teacher and the student. A few things the students did not like was the time constraint and they were unable to previously view their end of quarter reports. Although there are a couple negatives, the majority of the students thoroughly enjoyed student-led conferences. It gives the students, parents, and teachers a better picture of who the student is, who he/she has achieved, and what the students future goals may be.
I enjoyed this article and I think student-led conferences are a great idea. I would love to use student-led conferences in my classroom and I think this was a great article to display ideas about it. The article also gave an example of a schedule for a student-led conference as well as an example of a parent questionnaire. This article displayed many benefits for not only the students, but the teachers and parents as well.
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