Student-Led Conferences

Here, you can see an example from  Fern Creek Elementary in JCPS. This is a powerful and truly student-owned experience.

Hear students describe and reflect upon the student-led conferences at the High School level, from the High Tech Network of Schools.

Here, you'll get a view of student-led conferences in Kindergarten. Students and teachers describe the process, including an explanation of learning in four academic disciplines.

In this video, teachers describe a step by step approach to planning for and holding student-led conferences.

In this video, students and teachers reflect on the empowerment and ownership of learning that occurs with students prepare for and lead their own conferences.

This article describes a model of Student Led Conferences organized by subject area and student-created stations for parents to visit. 

Read about Wildwood IB World Magnet School's experiences with Student-Led Conferences. They describe the finer points of scheduling, preparing students, questions to ask, and more. A short list of resources is at the end.

Here, teacher and blogger Rebecca Rojas takes us through her thinking process for implementing student led conferences in a 4th or 5th grade classroom. 

Here, you'll find 5 printable conference  forms from upperelementarysnapshots.com You can use them to organize your student conferences, or to spark ideas for your students to create their own plans.

Video highlights, learning targets, templates and protocols, and step-by-step plans are all described and linked in this clearinghouse of resources.

This PDF contains guiding questions and overall planning assistance when preparing for Student Led Conferences.

This is a model of a conference overview designed for use by Students to help their planning of the conferences. It includes questions to structure the conversation, and a rubric for reflection.