1. Presenter: Lesley Carter
Conferring
Presenter: Lesley Carter

2. Workshop Structure

3. Conferring in Life

4. What is Conferring? Conferring is… one-on-one time with a student
teacher developing a connection and relationship with a student
Teacher helps build independence in students
differentiated instruction
student learns transferable skills in reading and writing

5. Architecture of a Conference
Research
Compliment
Decide
Teach

6. Research Phase
Teacher lets student set the agenda for the conference by asking, “What are you working on as a writer?”
Get on a line of thinking about the student’s reading or writing work by asking research questions and reading over student work.
Name what we notice or heard student say
Read over work and listen attentively

7. Compliment
Notice and name what the child has already done well as a reader or writer and remind the child to do this in the future.
“I notice you flipped back through the book finding evidence for you thinking. That’s good reading work, holding onto idea from one page to the next. Keep going with that strategy.”

8. Decide and Teach Decide Teach
“What can I teach this student that will help him/her become a better reader/writer/thinker.”
Teach

9. Conferring in Action Let’s take a look.