skodle · Connect
Schedule conferences where the student presents their own work: the goals they set, the pieces they chose, and what they think about them. Families arrive to a conversation the child is leading, not one about them.
Mrs. Johnson
Teacher
Student-led conferences
The student presents the evidence
Thursday 15:40
ScheduledInes R. · 5B · led by the student
Goals to talk about
Evidence chosen by the student
“This one shows I checked my work before handing it in.”
The student adds the pieces of work they want to talk about, described in their own words. They are typed entries, not links into the portfolio, and what a child picked, and why, is often the most useful part of the meeting.
The conference opens on the goals the student set, so the meeting has a spine rather than being a tour of a folder.
What the student said about their work stays on the conference, so the next one can start from it rather than from a blank page.
Conferences sit with the calendar and the family portal, so a parent is not tracking two systems to find out when to come in.