A student-led conference in HIBS

A student-led conference is a conference with parents led by a student. The role of a homeroom teacher is to facilitator in the conference process.  Students discuss their work and establish academic and social goals. The process includes the teacher facilitating several conferences on the same day. A student focuses the conversation on their work and classroom behavior. The process of communicating the progress of students to parents must involve students in a meaningful way.  For a discussion of student is work to be relevant, accurate and complete, a student has to be meaningfully engaged in the process. Having students lead a conference with parents is a way to maximize their involvement. The involvement of students in the conferencing process promotes three elements essential in improving student’s performance at school:

• Relevance; why we are teaching what we are teaching to students
• Responsibility; making the student more responsible for learning
• Reporting to parents it students have made progress in learning