Student-Led Conference

Student-Led Conference

Name

Subject/Class

Teacher

Al Rowe

Date

7/20/01

Grade/Level

Any

Standard

Responsible Learner and Effective Communicator

Self-assesses, adjusts, and modifies approaches to improve.
Adjusts messages to fit audience and purpose.

Title/Topic

Effective Student-Led Conference

Performance Task

You are planning your student-led conference to help your parents (or others interested in you and your learning) understand how well you are doing, your improvement goals, and how they can support you. Use this rubric to evaluate how effectively you were able to communicate with your parent(s) or audience the following:

your academic progress
your work habit improvements
your improvement goals
the type of help you need from them Lastly, ask your parents to complete a student conference feedback card to help you in planning for your next conference.

Performance Element	Level 4	Level 3	Level 2	Level 1
Parent Understanding of Academic Progress	Using my artifacts, they describe what they like about my reading, writing, and math artifacts. They can point out what I want to improve upon.	They can remember most of what I said about my work in reading, writing, and math.	They can remember most of what I said about my work in reading, writing, and math, but need some reminders.	They need another conference because they do not remember what I said.
Parent Understanding of Work Habit Improvements	Referring to my data chart and action plan, they describe my work habits (on-time/complete work/class participation). They can point out what I want to improve upon.	They can remember most of what I said about my work habits (on-time/complete work/class participation). They point out what they like about my action plan or things I should add to it.	They can remember most of what I said about my work habits, but need some reminders.	They need another conference because they do not remember what I said.
Acceptance of Improvement Goals	My parents are convinced that my improvement goals are right for me now.	My parents are convinced that my improvement goals are right for me, but they need additional information on 1-2 goals.	My parents remember only part of what I said. They need some reminders, if they are to help me with my improvement goals.	My parents need for me to conduct another conference.
Parent Help	We will have a written assistance plan by _(specific date)_ that matches my improvement plan. It includes ways of measuring improvement.	We will specific ideas of how my parents will help me. They state how they are willing to help and gave me some examples.	We have a general idea of how my parents will help me, but we need to get into the specifics or I won't make much progress.	My parents need me to give them additional ideas or have another conference. If not, no assistance plan will be set up.
Feedback Card Information	All items rated with many specific written comments included.	All items rated with general written comments included.	All items rated. No comments included.	Card is incomplete or not turned in.