{"data":{"ID":641,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1477587778,"CreatorID":4735,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"FACE-ing the Facts: Building Community through One-on-One Conferencing","Handle":"face-ing_the_facts--building_community_through_one-on-one_conferencing","ShortDescription":"One-on-one, face-to-face interactions between teachers and students have a demonstrated track record in improving student autonomy and growth, but it can be difficult to manage them with all of the other responsibilities that teachers face within a class period. In this session, we\u2019ll consider how to incorporate these individual student conferences into your daily routine. You\u2019ll leave our time together with concrete ideas on what to say to students in these meetings, how to track student progress, and when to use your findings to alter instructional decisions.","Description":"Conferencing can improve both the authenticity and impact of student feedback. Through routine and brief face-to-face conferences with each of my students, I have begun to see my classroom as the place where the heavy lifting of learning and instruction takes place. The work I assign and my assessment of it both happen in real time and collaboratively; my students no longer struggle independently outside of the class, and I no longer handwrite comments in solitude, hoping students will read my criticism carefully and remember to apply it to the next paper or project. Instead, the discussions I have with my students allow them to be active participants in their own assessment and growth.\r\n\r\nIn this session, I will share my successes and failures with these conferences over the past sixteen months, as well as where I\u2019ve made adjustments to improve my practice. I\u2019ll show participants the ways in which I\u2019ve measured student understanding and aligned my instruction to meet their persistent needs.","Link":["http:\/\/www.nycischool.org\/"],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"We will adapt the NSRF protocol for defining attributes of a learning community, giving teachers time to write about their experiences in learning communities that they believe to have been a place of positive learning. \r\n\r\nIn small groups, teachers will identify the attributes and characteristics that make a learning community \u201cproductive and satisfying.\u201d Then, we will come together as a whole group, generate a universal list of attributes, and we will launch into a conversation around where one-on-one conferences fit into the learning community. Teachers will leave with ideas about how to incorporate one-on-one conferencing into their own practice.","Presenter":["Tom Jones"],"PresenterAffiliation":["NYC iSchool"],"PresenterEmail":["tjones@nycischool.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":86,"ScheduleLocationID":12,"SubmitterID":4735,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":6}}