13 Questions for Planning Conferences

Preparing for your Conferences

Listed below are 13 questions to help you plan your conferences.

1) Please list below three to five skills or standards you want the students to focus on in their conferences:

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2) Please list three to five pieces of work they (or you) should hold onto for their conferences:

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3) How will you make sure students have work to demonstrate their competencies or standards? Written? Video?

4) What steps will you need to take to make sure that work is available?

5) What platform will you use to archive work? (electronic, binders, etc)

6) How will you notify students and parents about the conference format?

7) How long will your conferences be?

8) How much time will you schedule for conference preparation?

9) Will you use advisories or your individual class as the venue for the conference?

10) What alternate plan do you have in mind if there is no option for a parent or family member to attend?

11) Is the conference “for credit”?

12) Will you have “mock conferences” held between students to practice?

13) Will your fall conferences look different from your spring conferences?