Welcome to your Student Led Conference PowerPoint Template

1. Welcome to your Student Led Conference PowerPoint Template • This is a project designed to have you reflect and present on how your school and life have going this semester. • As you go through the slides fill in the information thoroughly and completely. • You may add photos or pictures to your presentation as well as picking your own color scheme and fonts AFTER you have put in all your textual information. • Go ahead and get started, but remember this is a presentation about you. So be honest and do your best. You will delete this page after you are done.

2. Student-Led Conference 2019 Your Name Grade Level

3. Who Am I? • This is where you will introduce yourself and tell the attendees a little bit about you. • You will need to add your picture. • Ideas…. What is important to you… • When are you the happiest? • What was the best day in your life so far? • Who do you admire?

4. Personal Information • This slide is your chance to get anything off your chest that you want to tell your teachers and family about things you need them to know. • Things that frustrate you, things you appreciate. • How do you feel about school and your life?

5. Activities and Interests • This is where you tell us about who you are and what you like to do for fun/hobby/interest. • What school activities are you doing right now? • What do you like to do for fun/afterschool/weekends. • What are you a nerd about? What do you get excited about? • Don’t forget photos, poems, art, etc.

6. Goals for This Year • What are your main goals for school, academics, grades, classes for the rest of this year?

7. Goals for This Year • What are your social goals (friends/family/life) for the rest of the year?

8. Goals for This Year • What are your goals for your interests(sports/hobbies/activities) for the rest of this year?

9. My Personal Strengths • What are you good at in life? Not just school subjects, but skills, hobbies, social skills, ways you think act or do things. • Examples: Strong reader, writer, math, video games, sports, computers, babysitting, skateboarding, texting, fashion, listening, cooking etc.

10. Challenges and Weaknesses • This is where you put in the things you struggle with in school, in life, in anything. • Things that frustrate you, or you know are hard for you or that you can’t figure out. • Example: I struggle with reading, writing, math, making friends, bullying, handling stress, family issues, feelings, fears, or anxieties.

11. Areas of Confusion • This is the place where you will put add things that have been confusing for you this year. Is there anything we've been doing in class that is not making sense to you or that you think you need to do better in? • How can your parents and teachers help you with that?

12. Homework • How has homework been going (amount, type, etc.)? • What has been helpful? • Has anything felt like busywork that isn't helping you learn? • What can your teachers do to make homework really useful practice for you? • What can be set up for you at home to help you do your best? (Find websites, games, set up a HW routine, determine how you will get books to read at home, find extra practice work, etc.).

13. My Schedule

14. Most Successful Classes/Subjects/Best Work • Here is where you put in the class you are the best at and explain why you think its your best performing class. • How did you become so successful in these subjects? • What Evidence can you show of this? • You need will be adding samples of your best work on the next pages or in your Navigation binder.

18. Toughest Classes/Subjects… • This is where you talk about the classes that are giving you the biggest challenge or that you are doing the worst in and explain why you think that is happening. • When did you start to struggle with this subject. • Do you want to overcome this struggle

22. My Term 3 Report Card • Log in to your Skyward grades as your mentor teacher hands you your report card. • Be ready too discuss each of your grades and the comments that your teachers have added. • https://www2.nerdc.wa-k12.net/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=wselkirs71/fwemnu01.w

23. Standardized Test Scores • You will now share your standardized test scores from last year… • Compare your ELA, Math, and Science scores with your scores the year before. • Are you improving? Are the scores about the same? • What tests will you be taking this year? What are you doing to prepare?

24. High School Transcripts • High School only…. • Where are you credit-wise?*Share your transcript*

25. Middle School Slide Only My Thoughts on Heading to High School • What are you looking forward to in high school? • What activities are you going to participate in? • What are you fears about high school? • What are your goals?

26. After High School • This is where you can tell us what you think you want to do after you graduate from high school. • What do you dream about your future? • College? Job? Careers? Travel? House? Family? Kids? Alone? Pets? • Do you have a back up plan if this one falls through

27. Post High School Goals • What activities are you going to participate in as an adult? • What are you fears about life after high school? • What are your life goals? (five years from now) • What do you need to do to support these goals? • What do you need the adults in your life to do to support these goals?

28. Support People in Your Life • This is where you tell us who is in your life that can help you. • Parents, Grandparents, siblings, special teachers or friends, pastors, uncles, mentors, anybody who you know can help you with your life and future. • Explain how these people help you

29. Last Thoughts…and Thank You’s • This is where you wrap it all up. A quote, a picture something to give the presentation closure. • And of course you will want to give a big thank you to everyone who attended.

30. For Juniors OnlyMy reflection on my years in high school • Select a quote that presents your philosophy of life to show during your reflection. • Verbally talk about these topics: • As you reflect on your high school experience, how have you grown/changed in since you started high school? • What has caused this growth? • If you met your 9th grade self, what advice would you give him/her? • What will be your outlook going forward? • What do you want to be remembered for? My Legacy will be…..

31. Community Service

32. Contributions to our Community

33. Ok You’re Done with entering data! But…you’re not Finished… • Yes you may be done with filling in the required data and information. But you are far from finishing. • To be FINISHED means you’ve gone back over it, edited it, added personal touches, photos, clip art, videos, links, and put extra effort into it. • DO THAT NOW!

34. Practice Means Perfect • Finally, you will need to practice your delivery so you look professional! • This means more than just reading it through. You need to practice your presentation by presenting it to a friend or teacher. • Then, decide who you are you going to invite to your conference and how are you going to dress up to look professional.