Team+4+Student+Led+Conferences

=Team 4: Student Led Conferences=


 * Focus:**

How can we prepare for and implement student-led conferences / IEPs in such a way that we encourage and foster student independence, self-awareness of learning strengths/weaknesses, use of goal-setting, and self-reflection?

- enlist students' active participation in their learning process - encourage self-reflection throughout the learning process -foster students' independence and self-advocacy when conducting student-led conferences -develop and augment intrinsic motivation
 * Rationale:** We want to find engaging ways to


 * Inquiry Questions:**

-Which students are most likely to engage in/embrace the process? Which are least likely, and why? -What approaches might lead to successful conferences, particularly with unmotivated students? -What approaches might be similar/different between a conference and an iep? -How will the use of student led conferences affect my practice and approach towards teaching? -How will preparing for student-led conferences/ieps impact my actual teaching time? -How does parent involvement work in planning for successful conferences/IEPs? -What will happen when students are in front of their parents? -What will we learn about student self-reflection from the use of goal-planning sheets? -How do we separate parental opinions from influencing child goal setting, while still keeping the parents involved?






 * Possible Resources:**

[|Education World]

[|American Student Achievement Institute]

[|Going to School-SL Conferences]

[|Cornerstone for Teachers]