Student+Led+Conferences

** Professional Learning Communities In-Service ** ** October 11, 2010 **

** 1. **** SMART Goal ** ( ** S ** pecific, ** M ** easurable, ** A ** ttainable, ** R ** ealistic, and ** T ** imely): Students will be able to identify and demonstrate responsibility and accountability in their learning goals through student-led conferencing.

**2.** **Rationale:** We have noticed a decline in ownership and an increase in learned helplessness among the students. We hope to provide an authentic opportunity for students to recognize their individual strengths and weaknesses in order to create strategies to improve the weaknesses and hone the strengths, resulting in an intrinsic motivation for and love of learning.

** 3. ** **Action Plan**
 * **Activity** || **Person Responsible** || **Timeline** || **Outcome** ||
 * Students identify individual strengths and weaknesses || Dot, Mike, Sue, Terry, Steve || Feb. 2011 – June 2011 ||  ||
 * Students develop a portfolio of work that illustrates their strengths and weaknesses || Dot, Mike, Sue, Terry, Steve || Feb. 2011 – June 2011 ||  ||
 * Conference role play || Dot, Mike, Sue, Terry, Steve || Feb. 2011 – June 2011 ||  ||
 * Participate in student-led conference with parent or adult mentor || Dot, Mike, Sue, Terry, Steve || Feb. 2011 – June 2011 ||  ||
 * Identify strategies for improving student performance based on the conference || Dot, Mike, Sue, Terry, Steve || Feb. 2011 – June 2011 ||  ||

**4.** **Group Member Names:** Sue Sawey, Terry Yanoff, Michael Milligan, Stephen Frangione, Dot Ciolino, Jenn Caputo

**5.** **Which Middle School goal does this impact?** Goal #1

=__ Notes: November 22, 2010 __= Steve F. Mike M.  Sue S.  Amy D.  Terry Y.