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Staff Professional Development Session on School Conferencing
A professional development slide deck on how to self-assess the quality of a student conference.
Learner Voice & Choice Guide to Conferencing
Teacher guide on how to structure and hold a one-to-one student conference with options for three different structures: An advice-based conference with a focus on relationship buildingAn assessment-based conference with a focus on designing...
Schoolwide Weekly 1:1 Student Conferences
Weekly, one-to-one conferences supported by all staff members to aid in student development of academic skills, goal setting, and personal relationship building.
Grade Interviews Pilot Planning Notes
To support teachers through the process of their grade interview pilot, Austin ISD’s Strategy Lab team created a centralized space for documenting the process. The document includes links to important surveys and resources, clarification of roles,...
Student-Led Family Conferences at Dallas ISD
Kristen Watkins, Director, Personalized Learning at Dallas ISD explains how and why Henry B. Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy launched student-led conferences.
Austin ISD End of Year Goal Setting Student Survey
As part of their pilot of grade interviews with students, Austin ISD teachers utilized surveys to solicit input and feedback from students and to better understand their process. Their team followed the Real-Time Redesign process as part of TLA's...
Non-Verbal Engagement
Utilize non-verbal feedback (e.g., emojis) to visually show when students are ready, need more time, have questions, or want to convey another reaction. This strategy allows students to quickly communicate in a low-stakes – and even entertaining –...
Reactions in a Zoom Meeting
This video from the Unversity of Queensland shows how instructors can use the reactions feature to engage students during a lesson.
Fifth-Grade Class Huddle
Teachers at ASU Prep Digital have their fifth-grade students join a live synchronous class huddle each morning to review the weekly plan, ask students to set goals, and incorporate social-emotional learning (SEL) activities such as icebreakers,...
Call Log and Progress-Monitoring Tracker
Learning Success Coaches at ASU Prep Digital use this call log and progress-monitoring tracker to check in weekly with their assigned students, provide guidance for their courses, and monitor their academic performance to offer support as needed.
Running Partners Goal Tracker
Students at The Forest School Online work with a peer partner each morning to set their daily goals on a tracker and create action plans for their “core skills” block. They hold each other accountable and support each other through daily goal...