Student-Led Conferences

On November 9th, our Freeland Middle School students and parents will experience their first student-led conferences of the 2017-2018 school year. Each year, Freeland Middle School hosts three different parent/teacher conferences. Two of these conferences are structured around a "student-led" conference, and one conference, in January, is a more traditional looking parent/teacher conference.

In preparation for the student-led conferences this year, our teachers have put together several helpful documents so that our students and parents understand how these conferences are structured.

If you are interested in a snapshot of what our student-led conferences look like, please watch this video which is a great example of how a student walks his/her parents through the conference to showcase strengths and weaknesses throughout the grading period.

To prepare for conferences this year, our students will have three homeroom sessions on November 7th, 8th, and 9th to finalize their portfolio of work, complete self-reflections on each of their classes, goal set for the next grading period, and practice their conference with one another. Students will follow this adjusted schedule on November 7th-9th to allow time to practice and prepare for these conferences. Students will complete a goal setting reflection form prior to the conferences to provide them a guide for talking about their progress this marking period. Additionally, on the night of conferences, they will utilize a student-led conference checklist to make sure they do not miss anything that needs to be discussed with parents.

This year, we have also created parent preparation documents to help all of our parents better understand their role in the conferences, and to help prepare for how they can support students as they walk parents through their work. We ask that parents review the parent checklist for student-led conferences prior to November 9th to better prepare for how to help your child with the student-led conference process.

We are so excited to partner with parents and students throughout the school year and hope that you enjoy the process of student-led conferences. If you have any questions in regards to the conferences please contact Mrs. Wulff at wulffr@freelandschools.net or 989-692-4032.

Parent/Teacher Conference Dates/Times:

• Thursday, November 9th 4:30-7:00pm (student-led conference)
• Thursday, January 25th 4:30-7:00pm (traditional conference)
• Thursday, April 12th 4:30-6:30pm (student-led conference)