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= Presenter Profile = = = @AddieGaines || Principal, Kirbyville Elementary School Kirbyville R-VI School District || Kirbyville R-VI School District || = Purpose and Perks = = Perfectly Positive = = Planning = = = media type="youtube" key="VequyokCGh4" height="240" width="300" // Video of a kindergarten student conducting a SLC. //
 * Addie Gaines || addie.gaines@kirbyville.k12.mo.us
 * Deb Horr || debra.horr@kirbyville.k12.mo.us || Kindergarten Teacher, Kirbyville Elementary School
 * Students and parents share in the joy of the learning process and the pride of personal achievement
 * Different from open house
 * Different from traditional conferences
 * Student ownership for learning: reviewing, reflecting, goal setting
 * Builds critical/evaluative thinking skills
 * Builds student communication, organization and presentation skills in an authentic context
 * Parents see/experience authentic student learning
 * Parents see/experience learning from the student's viewpoint
 * Parents/students interact
 * All students have learned and grown and it is worthy of celebration
 * Student and parent pride in progress
 * Not the time to address academic, behavioral or other concerns
 * Online resources provided for teachers to learn more about student-led conferences
 * Student-Led Conferences || An excellent resource with a sample parent letter, conference outline, student reflection piece, and conference evaluation tools for parents. ||
 * Teacher Tips for Student-Led Conferences || A teacher explains how she conducted SLCs in grades two to four. ||
 * Kindergarten Students Use PowerPoint to Lead Conferences || NAESP article that details the process that a teacher and tech coordinator used to develop a successful integrated technology project that enabled kindergarten students to facilitate their own parent conferences. ||
 * ProTeacher Blog re: SLCs || Discussion between teachers regarding SLCs ||

= Promoting Participation = "Save the date" (pg 2) [|elem ex 01-15-10.pdf] ||= Theme, Why? Parent's Role? (pg 2) [|elem ex 02-12-10.pdf] ||= Child's role? Teacher's role? What if I need individual conf? (pg 2) [|elem ex 02-19-10.pdf] ||= When? Where? How? What if I have an ind. conf? Review of why... (pg 2) [|elem ex 02-26-10.pdf] || =** Performance Event **= media type="youtube" key="tI4rBcxFgYA?hl=en" height="240" width="300" media type="youtube" key="2vXDTQchoRU?hl=en" height="240" width="300" = = = = = = =media type="youtube" key="3xgxmL9-iAc?hl=en" height="240" width="300" media type="youtube" key="t5X_PbvG0PA?hl=en" height="240" width="300"= = Parent and Student Response = = = = Photos on Prezi = media type="custom" key="8253634" = =
 * Whole group meeting to clarify purpose of SLCs/brainstorm ideas for how it would look at KES
 * Selected theme- Passport to Success-Celebration of Learning
 * Decided to use student "passports" to structure visits schoolwide
 * Grade level teachers worked collaboratively to design the experience at each grade level
 * Just do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * School and grade level newsletters
 * = Overview of SLCs
 * Kirbyville R-VI Blog: KES Hosts Student Led Conferences
 * Kirbyville R-VI Blog: Passport to Success Promotional Video
 * Kirbyville R-VI Blog: Passport to Success MiniCast
 * School Reach Parent Notification Call
 * Individual Conference Invitation Letter:
 * [|3Q ind conference-letter example.doc]
 * School Structure
 * Classroom Structure
 * Preparing students is key
 * Kindergarten
 * [|Student Led Conferences Checklist-K.doc]
 * First Grade
 * [|Student Led Conferences Checklist-1st grade.doc]
 * Second Grade
 * = [|chase.ppt] ||= [|trey.ppt] ||= [|stormi.ppt] ||= [|ryan.ppt] ||= [|randa.ppt] ||= [|kylea.ppt] ||= [|kelsey.ppt] ||= [|ivan.ppt] ||= [|kaitlyn.ppt] ||
 * Third Grade
 * Parents stated that they enjoyed the focus on the positive
 * Parents felt that they really understood what and how their child was learning
 * Parents were impressed at how much their children had learned
 * Parents were impressed with their children's projects and use of technology
 * Children loved having their parents' attention.
 * Children had fun sharing their "school world"
 * Children were very, very proud of their accomplishments
 * Families found navigating the activities was easy to understand with the passport structure