Barbara P. Benson & Susan P. Barnett 
Student-Led Conferencing Using Showcase Portfolios [EPUB ebook] 

Help your students demonstrate what they know—and why they have learned it!



The increasing focus on standards and accountability has brought a new breed of challenges: educators today must not only engage students, but also their parents; they must not only provide authentic assessments, but also communicate them in meaningful ways. With the help of this updated edition of a bestseller, educators can achieve this and more as they turn student work into insightful showcase portfolios, and transform the oft-dreaded parent conferences into powerful learning and assessment opportunities.



The user-friendly and time-tested strategies outlined in the manual have been successfully implemented in classrooms throughout North America, and real-life examples are provided to illustrate how the approach can be applied at any grade level and for any subject matter.



Newly added features to this comprehensive text include:

• Strategies for beginning the portfolio process with students


• Current research findings that support student-led conferencing


• Easy-to-use timelines and sample schedules


• Blackline masters that cut down on teacher prep-time


• The latest information on electronic portfolios

In today′s standards-based and accountability-driven classroom, teachers are increasingly seeking ways to demonstrate that their students know what they are learning and are aware of why they are learning it. This groundbreaking guide shows how the combination of portfolios and student-led conferences can increase student understanding. Using this technique, students will be able to take charge of their learning, and are able to clearly communicate the goals of their education with fellow students, administrators, and parents.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1. Informing Everyone

2. Building Student Portfolios

3. Planning and Preparing Student-Led Conferences

4. Conducting Conferencing

5. Reflecting and Celebrating

6. Improving Student Learning: The Evidence

Resource A: Sample Forms

Resource B: A Word About Other Types of Portfolios

References

Index

Об авторе

Susan Barnett has been in the field of education for 33 years.  She has an AB Degree in Early Childhood from Marshall University, in Huntington, West Virginia and a Master Degree in School Administration from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Her work experience includes teaching grades k-4, working as an educational consultant with school systems throughout the United States and Canada, and serving as a team reviewer with the North Carolina Assistance Teams form 1997 to 1999. In addition to her teaching and consulting, Susan has presented at several international conventions over the years including National Staff Development Council and the 2000 International ASCD Convention in New Orleans. She is has authored several articles about innovative teaching strategies and conducts workshops on reading in the content area, writing, curriculum alignment, and student-led conferencing. Susan is currently serving as K-12 Curriculum Consultant for Language Arts, Social Studies, and Foreign Language for the Caldwell County School System. She is married, has two teen-age sons, and lives in Lenoir, North Carolina.