The Continuous Improvement Classroom

1. The Continuous Improvement Classroom Day 41-15-07

2. Agenda • Sharing: Class Meetings and/or Quality Tools • Student-Led Conference • Quality Tools; Scatter Diagram

3. Sharing • Share your experiences with class meeting • Share any examples of using quality tools with students

4. The Continuous Improvement Classroom Student Led Conferences

6. What’s your definition of “student-led conferences? -What do they look like? -How are they different from previous models? -What happens during a student-led conference?

7. Key Components… • Introduction/Orientation • Achievement Data • Student Goals and Action Plan • Student Work • Debriefing

8. Video- Student-Led

9. What Are Student-Led Conferences? • Conference with parents led by the student • Teacher as facilitator • Students lead parents through the data folder • Goals, Action Plans, Measures, Charts/Graphs • Strengths and Areas for Improvement • There are different formats to choose from • Worksheets A, B & C provide an overview

10. Purpose • Reflects the belief that students should be actively involved in their learning • Assume responsibility for the learning process • Students become more motivated, reflective and evaluative in their learning • Focus on the 3 R’s • Relevance- Why are we doing this? • Responsibility- Ownership for learning • Reporting- To parents and others

11. Benefits Student led conferences… • Motivate students to take more ownership for their work • Allow students to see their progress over time • Encourage students to evaluate their progress

12. Benefits Student led conferences… • Encourage students, parents and teachers to openly communicate as equal partners about student achievement • Enhance students’ oral communication skills • Build students’ self-confidence • Build relationships

13. Parent Attendance @ Conferences Regular Parent/ Teacher Conferences Implementation of Student-Led Conferences

14. Format Options • See worksheets D & E for descriptions • Individual • Simultaneous with multiple families • Presentation or showcase conference • Portfolio night • At-home student-led conference • Electronic student-led conference

15. Preparing for the Conference • Prepare student work (student data folder) • Personal mission statement and goals • Consider strengths • Consider areas in need of improvement • See worksheet F

16. Worksheet G

17. Before the Conference • Begin the year with a student goal setting conference • Prepare samples of students work to show evidence of growth and goal progress (student data folder) • Notify parents well in advance of the conferences (Wksht. G1) (including format) • Provide opportunities for students to practice and rehearse

18. Worksheet H

19. Worksheet I

20. Worksheet J

21. During the Conference Introduction/Orientation • Introduction - Student introduces parent to teacher • Orientation - Teacher explains conference procedures

22. During the Conference Achievement Data • Examining the Data - Teacher shares data that helped student and teacher identify goals

23. During the Conference Student Goals and Action Plan • Examining Student Goals - Student shares goals and explains why they were selected • Sharing Action Plan - Student and teacher discuss their responsibilities

24. During the Conference Student Work • Examining Student Work - Student shows work and reflections from portfolio/data folder to demonstrate his/her progress toward achieving goals

25. During the Conference Debriefing • Evaluating the Conference Process - The teacher, parent, and student discuss and comment on the conference process

26. Worksheet K

27. After the Conference Student Reflection Survey • What did you like about the student led conference? • How did you feel during the conference? • What didn’t you like about the conference? • If you could change the conference to make it better, what would you do? Worksheet- L

28. After the Conference Parent Questionnaire • Which conference (traditional or student led) gave you a better appreciation of… • What your child was learning? • What your child studied in class? • Your child’s study habits such as finishing assignments and handing work in on time?

29. After the Conference Parent Questionnaire • Which conference format did you prefer? Why? • What are the benefits of student led conferences? • What are the disadvantages of student led conferences? • What more would you like to learn in the conference?

30. Worksheet M

31. Worksheet N

32. CHALLENGES • First time jitters • Uncertainty of sharing control with students (not used to it) • Need to adopt a student-centered philosophy (paradigm shift) • Organizing the logistics of conferences • Responding to families who don’t participate

33. Video- Student-Led

34. Planning For Quality-Using the Lotus Diagram • Using the Diagram, start planning for student-led conferences at your table • Discuss the key elements of the student-led conference components • List steps, ideas and ways you will begin to implement each student-led conference component Worksheet 0

35. Lotus Diagram

36. Journal Writing… What is your plan to implement student-led conferences?

37. Quality Tools Scatter Diagram

38. Scatter Diagram • WHAT is a scatter diagram? • A picture of the correlation between two factors over time. • The more data - the more reliable • The closer the data resembles a straight line, the higher the correlation to each other. • Diagrams may be positive, negative or show no correlation.

40. Negative Correlation

41. No Correlation

43. Future Meetings *Friday, April 6th (1/2 day PM) • PDSA and Quality Tools *Workshop Evaluation