Student+Led+Conferences

Flanshaw Road Teachers **Making Student Led Conferences work across all levels of the school**

Flanshaw Road School has been doing Student-led Conferences since 2006. All students in the school, from Year 1 to Year 6, lead a two-way conference about their learning with their parents each year, at the end of Term 2. Students have a portfolio that provides information about progress and achievement a range of different subjects, along with samples of work, rubrics to explain assessment levels, suggestions for how parents can help at home and reflections sheets.

**But how do you prepare students to lead a Student-led Conference about their learning?**

Four Flanshaw Road School practitioners who teach from New Entrants to Year 6 - Fina Hallman (NE), Tracey Woolley (Y 1 / 2), Jamie Alexander (Y 3 / 4) and Alex Busby (Y 5 / 6)- will be sharing

a) An overview of the pedagogy and systems that underpin student-centred reporting at Flanshaw Road School b) What they do in their general classroom teaching to support students to develop understanding of their learning over the year c) Key strategies they use in preparation for Student-led Conferences. d) Resources used before and during Student-led Conferences

Setting the scene for SLC Developing a common shared language of learning - A4L lanuguage Sharing progress and achievement Use of interactive displays with exemplars and their indicators Reflection and modeling explicit use of language and identification of next steps - DAT's Setting the environment up for the purpose -prompts and interactive games Providing a whanau prompt sheet Teacher providing the opportunities to practise and learn - use of buddies and videos to reflect Sharing the ownership of learning - embedding the language and practice of SLC into everyday practice Creation of an honest environment built on mutual trust