Student-Led Conference Templates

Implement student-led conferences in your classroom this year with printable student-led conference templates.

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Student-Led Conference Templates

Implement student-led conferences in your classroom this year with printable student-led conference templates.

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Implement student-led conferences in your classroom this year with printable student-led conference templates.

What Are Student-Led Conferences?

Have you ever heard talk of using student-led conferences? If not, here’s a quick rundown of the concept. This type of parent-teacher meeting steps outside the norm and allows students to take ownership of their academic progress by presenting their work samples and discussing their learning, strengths, weaknesses, and progress towards their goals. Parents and teachers can then provide feedback and support as needed. While developing a process like this seems daunting, it’s absolutely worth it! This year, we aim to make it easy for you (and your students) to put in the work to bring them to life!

How Are Student-Led Conferences Different Than Traditional Parent-Teacher Conferences?

There are two primary differences between the student-led conference and the traditional conference. These are..

• Students take part in all stages of the meeting. They prepare and manage work samples, use checklists to display new learning, and devise next steps.
• Students conduct the conversation to show what they have learned. They receive feedback from their parents and teachers about their strengths and areas of improvement.

Grab a Student Led Conference Template!

This printable resource makes it easy to begin implementing student-led conferences in the classroom. It includes a variety of graphic organizers and planning guides to help your students brainstorm, gather, and present information to their parents during their formal parent-teacher conference time. We’ve included the following handy templates.

• Student Led Conference Checklist – Students will follow this checklist when participating in their conference.
• What I’m Learning Graphic Organizer – Students will use this to lay out information about new topics and standards they are learning in class.
• Strengths and Improvements Organizer – This organizer allows students to list their strengths and gather ideas for improvement.
• Social Skills and Work Habits Rating Sheet – Students will use this organizer to demonstrate their social skills and work habits using a rating scale.
• Academic Goal Setting Template – This organizer provides students a place to write down academic goals for discussion.

Download Your Student Led Conference Templates!

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This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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