What do Student Led Conferences Look Like at Freemans Bay School?

Student Led Conferences Freemans Bay School


  

As you see we have several families in the room at the same time. The students talk to their parents about their learning goals which are posted on the learning management system - KnowledgeNET.   This year we had 95% turnout. Many parents are now accessing their student learning blogs through their own log-on at home. They are able to post to their students blogs strengthening the home and school partnership around learning.  

Student led conferences provide an opportunity for students to talk about their learning goals and have parents find out what these are and consider ways to support their students learning at home. Students are able to open up their goals on a classroom computer to access our on-line learning environment “Knowledge Net” and talk to parents about their goals and next learning steps. Parents interact with their students in the classroom and take part in some learning activites both online and in the classroom.

The focus of our student led conferences includes:

■Literacy goals

■Numeracy goals

■Habits of Mind (work habits)

What does a student led conference look like?

■A conversation between the students and their parent about learning

■Other families are present in the room at the same time

■The teacher is present but the student is doing the talking about their learning