Action Plan

Goal: Discover how to implement Student led conferences into the middle school setting to transfer responsibility of parent conferences to student and give the teacher a facilitator role rather than a director role. Encourage ownership of learning and discussion in students and increase buy-in rates for teachers and parents.
Timeline:
Start/End
Needed
Resources
Evaluation
1. Research information regarding Student Led Conferences.
Angela Bilyeu
July 2010 – August 30, 2010
Internet, articles, testimonials
Create an oral presentation introducing the concept to the staff.
2. Research implementation models of Student Led Conferences as well as buy-in techniques to encourage participation.
Angela Bilyeu
August 1, 2010 – August 30, 2010
Internet, research articles, testimonials
Create an oral presentation introducing the concept to the staff and get feedback from the staff on their first impression.
3. Meet with the department heads to outline their department’s responsibility for input on creating the prompt sheets for students.
Angela Bilyeu, departments heads and principals
Sept 1 – Sept. 10, 2010
Sample prompt sheets
Completion of prompt sheets from departments and grade levels if they vary.
4. Send out communications to encourage the students to collect their work to show at the conference. 2 good pieces, 1 needs improvement piece.
Angela Bilyeu, staff, and students.
August 30, 2010 – October 1, 2010
Folders to create students portfolios and a place to store them until we need them.
Student portfolios with prompt reflection sheets and student work samples.
5. Send out communication from school to parents to set up schedules for Parent Student Led Conferences.
Team leaders, parent contact person.
September 15, 2010 – October 1, 2010
Contact information, running spreadsheet on share drive to record scheduled conferences.
A full schedule spreadsheet with parents and students planning on attending.
6. Send out reminder communications in form of email for parent conferences.
Team leaders, parent contact person, and/or team can split this responsibilities.
September 30, 2010
Email contacts for attendees.
Check off on schedule spreadsheet that reminder has been sent.
7. Meet with parents.
Students, Parents, Teachers
October 4, 2010
Room where multiple conferences can be held at once, student portfolios.
Field notes on how conferences are going and observation notes.
8. Survey for parents to give opinion on how the session went and what they can suggest for improvements.
Parents, technology facilitator
October 4, 2010
Computer lab
Data analysis of feedback from parents.
9. Survey to teachers to get their opinions.
Angela Bilyeu, teachers
October 5, 2010 – October 12, 2010
SurveyMonkey, computers
Data analysis of surveys.