Student-led conference in place of a conventional PTODM…

Student-led conference in place of a conventional PTODM…

“A real good experience for us as parents, happy to see that our children have reflected on their performance”, said the father of a grade 6 student. During conventional PTODMs, parents ask how their students are doing, and teachers provide grades, behavior reports and the report cards. Instead, in a SLC- Student-led conference, our students ran the conference, informing their parents about how they were doing in class, what their goals are going forward, and what kind of learners they are.

Being a progressive school, we at Velammal Vidyalaya NewGen school ,Shollinganallur ran the SLC today,19^th October 2019 for grades VI-VIII. Parents were given appointments and each class had a waiting room and an SLC room. The SLC room had the triad : the student, parent ,teacher and the student did all the talking with the SLC binder laid before him or her. Some parents were awestruck, when they heard their otherwise reticent children speaking. All the parents appreciated the efforts of the school. “Really can’t believe if my son can speak this much,” exclaimed a parent.

We at Velammal had this globally acclaimed practice of having a SLC- Student-led conference, true to the sense of the word NewGen,where students guided the parent-teacher conference and took ownership of their learning. The role of students was that of Conference Leaders and the teachers were mere facilitators. It is an endeavor to empower our students to share the learning experience with their parents as they have learnt to map their learning goals.

Blog post by

Preethi Jennifer,

ACO-Middle school, Velammal Vidyalaya NewGen school ,Shollinganallur