Student Empowered Conferences

TL;DR:

Students feel empowered as they share their goals, learning, and growth in all different areas of the curriculum.
You can include voice and choice in student-led conferences.
Being intentional about what you do before, during, and after conferences leads to finding success in the goals for the conferences.
A link to resources can be found below for a notice home, welcome note, agenda, reflection sheet, tagging sheets, and “two stars and a wish.”

There are so many ways we can contribute to the communities we find ourselves in.
We will dive into these questions: How do you add value by your presence? And how do you add value through your words and actions? How much value do you add and how can you add more? How often do we show we value others’ contributions?
Why is this a gift? We can make all spaces better than when we first entered. Our contribution is the gift we give to our communities. We can make people feel more valued, seen, and heard by the way we positively contribute in order to make a long-lasting impact on learners to continually grow to be contributors to any shared space.

There are five aspects to the gift of leadership. We need to see potential, believe in others, nurture the skill, teach leadership explicitly, and then we must provide opportunities to empower them to lead.
Leadership is a skill that needs to be developed. Just like all teachers are leaders, all students are leaders too.
Notice, name, and nurture. Show gratitude for leadership qualities seen in class.