02.27.09
Student Led Conferences!
Dear Parents,
We will begin scheduling parent/teacher conferences today, Feb. 23rd with the homeroom teachers. Chris Jones Middle School is excited to introduce student-led conferences on March 4th. Research has shown that student-led conferences have a greater impact on student achievement than traditional parent-teacher conferences. We also feel that planning a conference helps students better understand what is needed to be successful students and allows them the opportunity to be self-reflective learners. We are piloting our student-led conferences with our graduating class because of the extreme maturity they have shown while attending St. Luke’s Episcopal School.
Students are currently preparing for this meeting by reflecting on their own strengths and weaknesses and comparing their own reflections with teacher feedback for each class. Parents will be given written feedback from the other content teachers (Math, Science, History, English, Foreign Language) at the time of the conference. If you would like to meet with all teachers on a different day, please let Mrs. Margay know. We try to keep our conferences to fifteen minutes and ask that everyone is on time so that others don’t have to wait. Please call Margay @ 826-0664 to set up an appointment or send her an e-mail (mstillings@sles-sa.org). The following times are available. Elective teachers and Foreign Language teachers, Mr. Flexsenhar and Ms. Gough, are also available for appointments on Wed. March 4th.
We look forward to meeting with you.
Mrs. Glasgow & Mr. Kremer
