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Student Self-Assessment, Feedback and Goal Setting
Process
Incorporating Student Self-Assessment, Feedback and Goal Setting into Student-Led Conferences may be a new experience for teachers, students and families.
The following information is provided to help you be successful in creating a positive, organized and informative experience for your students and their parents.
Please begin your journey by watching the following video to see examples of student-led conferences for grade levels K-12 along with testimonials from teachers, parents and students. http://elschools.org/node/36971
Benefits of Student-Led Conferences:
Review the following article(s) to understand the benefits related to the trend of student-led conferences:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy011.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin112.shtml
Successful Strategies for your Students:
Utilize the following website http://www.assessmentforlearning.edu.au/professional_learning/student_self-assessment/student_strategies_enhance.html to help in creating successful strategies for your students as you prepare them for their conference including examples of:
- Rubrics
- Graphic Organizers
- Targets and Goal Setting
- Time Management and Checklists
Creating Your Student-Led Conference Folder:
The Welcome Letter
- positive & warm welcome or greeting
- reasons supporting the change from teacher-led to student-led conferences
- what to expect during the conference
- invitation for feedback
The Information Sheet
- What is Self-Assessment? Why use Self-Assessment in our Classroom?
http://www.exemplars.com/resources/formative-assessment/tools-for-teachers-student-self-assessment
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-assessment-inspires-learning-lori-desautels
http://www.teachthemenglish.com/2013/05/5-steps-to-using-self-assessment-in-the-classroom/
The Guiding Questions
- What are your goals this year?
- What have you learned so far this year?
- What are the things you are most proud of?
- Which subject / activity is your favorite? Why?
- Which subject / activity is challenging? Why?
- How can I help you achieve your goals?
http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/free-resources/family-outreach/student-led-conferences
The Student Checklist
- Welcome / Intro
- Math: Work samples with self-assessment, peer-assessment, feedback and goals*
- Writing: Work samples with self-assessment, peer-assessment, feedback, goals and rubric for the writing sample*
- Reading: DRA scores, fluency, comprehension, wpm, work sample from reading response journal*
- Science: Brainstorm steps, plan for project, rubric for project, feedback sheets*
- Social Studies: Brainstorm steps, plan for project, rubric for project, feedback sheets*
- Personal Goals for each subject: this is where I am, this is where I need to be/want to be, this is what I can do to meet my goals
- Time for questions / feedback from parents
- Closing - Thank you for coming
*Reminder: All student work samples are collected throughout the semester and will be placed in student conference folders as their conference time approaches. Teachers are not responsible for creating these documents.
https://www.thedailycafe.com/articles/student-led-conferences
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