Empowering students through student led conferences
Author: Kay J. Scharlow
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 50
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAttendance rates at parent-teacher conferences at the secondary level have continued to drop in the increasingly digital world. Another issue with this style of conference is the lack of student presence. When students take an active role in their education, self-assessing their work and keeping track of progress through the use of portfolios, there is often an increase in student engagement as well as achievement. Students who take ownership over their work also increase their self-efficacy. This project seeks to solve the problem of parent-teacher conferences and the lack of student engagement and ownership in their learning through the implementation of student-led conferences (SLC). The project plans a pilot program for the use of student portfolios and SLCs that will be ultimately tested through a series of parent/guardian and student surveys to determine the success of the project.