Information - Student Led Conferences

The following message was posted to parents last week - here again for your review. 

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Paula Baxter has posted the following message in ISPP Parents: Dear Parents, Re: Student-Led Conferences What is the ISPP and PYP definition of student-led conferences?  A student-led conference is an opportunity for children to share pre-selected work from various subject areas using a variety of media with their parents.  The purpose of the student-led conference is to:  Promote home and school partnership  Increase students’ responsibility for their learning and promote reflection  Demonstrate the PYP learner profile and attitudes  Give the parents a taste of the diversity of the school week at ISPP  Inform parents about what and how their child is learning  Show progress made  Encourage two-way interaction  As with the three-way conferences, there are three important parts to a conference: before, during and after. You as a parent have a very important role in all three parts.  1. BEFORE the student-led conference  In class, with the homeroom teacher, children will:  Select pieces of work from their portfolio to share  Talk to teachers and peers about the work selected  Practice the conference through role-playing Be encouraged to talk to you about the conference, at home  At home, please:  Read all the information sent to you about the student-led conferences  Talk to your child about the student-led conference before the actual day  Organise your daily schedule so as to be free for the conference (including childcare for siblings as necessary)  Ensure you arrive on time (and switch your mobile phone off!)  2. DURING the student-led conference  Your child will:  Have asked you to sign in on the list outside the homeroom  Welcome you to the conference  Explain each piece of work and discuss it with you  Answer your questions  And hopefully, communicate effectively and be confident  You will please:  Be on time  Listen to your child  Ask questions  Be positive and actively encourage your child  3. AFTER the student-led conference  Your child will:  Thank you (you, the parents)  Reflect on the student-led conference  Discuss the conference with peers in class next week  We look forward to seeing you at school for your child’s student-led conference on Friday 1 April. ON THURSDAY, your child will bring a letter home from school with the time of your student-led conference.  Warm regards,  Paula Sincerely,  International School of Phnom Penh