Overview

Impromptu conferences are one way to resolve conflicts quickly before they get any bigger. Students develop skills to solve minor conflicts on their own. 

• It’s brief

• Students aren’t threatened with punishment

• The teacher asked each student for his version of what happened 

• The teacher shared her own feelings

• The teacher reminded the students that they are accountable to others

• The teacher asked the students to suggest ways to resolve the problem

• • The teacher modeled how to communicate with someone who disagrees with you. 

* Conflicts usually occur when a combination of anxiety frustration, and fear boils over. Students need rolls for resolving minor conflicts before they erupt. Teacher facilitates convene impromptu conferences to help students resolve situations that threaten their relationships and disrupt their learning. 

Core Components

• • Common practice to resolve

  • Focuses on the questions to elicit perspective taking

  • Identifies the harm done

  • Provides space to express emotion

  • Responsive

  • Facilitation not influence

IIRP Description