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Student-Led Conferences

Document your 9th grade achievements through 12 work samples, personal reflections, and parent involvement in a structured portfolio. Your role involves selecting, reflecting, and presenting representative samples showcasing your strengths and challenges. The portfolio includes a title page, table of contents, reflection essays, citizenship graph, goal sheet, and parent feedback elements. Engage parents through a personal letter and survey feedback, culminating in a student-led conference to showcase your progress and goals for success.

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Student-Led Conferences

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  1. Student-LedConferences

  2. What is aStudent-Led Conference? A portfolio of work to document what you have accomplished in your 9th grade classes.

  3. Your Role? You will • Collect representative samples • Select those you wish to present • Reflect on each sample 12 pieces of work which you feel best shows your accomplishments and challenges in your core classes (3 samples per class.)

  4. What’s In The Portfolio? • Title Page • Table of Contents • Personal Dear Parent Letter • SLC Samples Checklist • Periods 1 - 4 • Reflection essay/cover letter • Three samples • Citizenship graph • Student created goal sheet • Parent Reminder Card • Parent survey feedback form • Parent homework (letter to student) • Stamped addressed envelope

  5. The Personal Dear Parent Letter Salutation (Dear Mom, Dad, Aunt Suzy…) Purpose of this conference • Thank you for coming to this conference • I will explain how I am progressing as a learner • I am going to show you several examples of my work • Please listen carefully and ask questions about my work Expectations • “During this conference, mom and dad, I expect you….” • “I hope that you will find that I….” Closing • “I look forward to hearing your feedback after this…”

  6. The Work You Select 12 work samples: 3 from each class Class work samples must reflect the following • A Strength • A Challenge • Your Choice

  7. Reflection Essays • Four student reflection essays - one for each class • Each essay needs to be in the 5 paragraph format. Each piece of work gets its own paragraph 1. Introduction 2. A Strength 3. A Challenge 4. Your Choice 5. Conclusion

  8. Citizenship Graph CONSISTENTLY (95-100%) MOST OF THE TIME (75%) SOMETIMES (50%) OCCASIONALLY (25%) RESPECTFUL PREPAREDNESS PROMPTNESS INTEGRITY PERSONAL CHOICE Name____________________________________________________

  9. Day of the Conference • Be here on time • Conduct your parents to your conference room • Present your portfolio • Accompany your parents to the library for refreshments • Have them fill-out the Parent Survey • Encourage them to complete the parent homework and mail it back • You are done!

  10. StudentGoalSheet MY GOAL FOR SUCCESS Goal 1: ____________________________________________________________ To achieve this goal, I will: A_______________ B_______________ The people who can help me attain this goal are: ______________________________ Distractions that may get in the way of me attaining this goal are: ______________________________ Student Initial___ Parent Initial ____

  11. Parent Survey Thank you for coming! We hope you enjoyed your visit. Before you leave, please take a moment to answer the following questions so that I know how you feel, and what changes we can make for next conference. Thank you for your input and support of this class activity. Use the following scale to answer the questions. Circle your choice. 1 No 2 Don’t know 3 Yes 1. I felt it was good for my student to reflect on his/her learning. 1 2 3 2. I liked having the student lead the conference and having him/her show me what he/she has learned and has been doing throughout the semester. 1 2 3 3. I found my student’s portfolio very insightful. 1 2 3 4. If I had a choice I would request A student-led conference A traditional parent-teacher conference 5. The best part of the conference was _________________________________________________________________________ 6. My least favorite part of the conference was _________________________________________________________________________ 7. One thing I would like to see changed for next time is _________________________________________________________________________ Please remember to complete your homework (parent response letter) and mail it back to school.

  12. Parent Homework Dear Parent/Guardian, THANK YOU for participating in your child’s conference … now you have some homework. Please write your child a positive personal note about the conference. Below are some areas you might consider including as you write. This should be a positive letter focusing on your child’s overall performance. • What I noticed about your work was… • I was proud of you for… • Keep up the good work on… • I know you have difficulty sometimes, but… • I’m glad you are making an extra effort in… • How can I help you? We hope this experience was as rewarding to you and your child as the process was to us. Thanks again for taking the extra effort! Sincerely, Teacher Name(s)

  13. Address the envelope as shown below Then place in back of your portfolio Your High School Street Address City, State, Zip ADD THESE! Freshman Seminar You will need to add stamp! To: Your full name (clearly printed) c/o Your Teacher’s Name c/o Your High School Street Address City, State, Zip

  14. Student Debriefing Prompt: “Now that you’ve completed the conference, what have you gained from this experience?”

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