Spring conferences at ISD are student-led. The conference is viewed as a business meeting with parents to discuss the kids' recent performance in class, supported by specific evidence, including work samples.
The purpose of this conference is several-fold: that students reflect on and assess their personal goals; that they assume greater responsibility and accountability for their performance in school; and that students and families together set new goals for the third and final trimester.
I posed two questions to students late last week, while they were planning and preparing for their conference: if you were a teacher, would you ask your students to lead their conference; and, if you were a parent, would you like to see your children conducting a conference of this type? The kids responded strongly in the affirmative to both questions.
For video clips of the kids' preparation and rehearsal for their conferences, note the following video clips:
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