Conference Time

Conference Time is a powerful, useful part of our day.  It is a time for

• getting extra help from teachers
• clubs to meet
• struggling students to meet with mentors
• students to attend to their school business
• study and or do homework

It is also an amount of time that can easily turn into a campus-wide problem with unsupervised students.  In order to maximize our time for conference, we need to provide some structure. 

Basic Structure

All students stay with their 3rd hour teacher.

If a student has a pass from a teacher they are intending to go see, only then can he/she leave.

All classrooms will have a sign in-out process to account for student traffic.

Conference time is not an extension of the first hour instructional experience.

All students must be at their destination within 8 minutes of conference starting.

All students will stay at their destination for the duration of the conference period.

All students not in their destination within 8 minutes will be sent to sweep for conference.  This sweep will count for a first hour sweep.

My Role as a Student

I stay in my first hour classroom.

I get a signed pass from my destination before conference period.

I sign out when I leave my first hour and I sign in when I arrive.

I go directly to my destination and I will be there within 8 minutes.

I do not stop and linger anywhere on my way. 

I will stay there for the duration of conference period.

When approached by an adult on campus who asks for a pass, I will show them my pass.

If I am instructed to go to sweep, I will do so.  If I think there is a reason why I shouldn’t go to sweep, I will address it with an administrator in sweep.

My Role as a Teacher

I will establish and consistently use a sign in and sign out procedure for conference.

I will only issue passes to students coming to my room, not for a colleague’s room.

I will keep my students and all visiting students for the entirety of conference.

When in a general area, if I see students out, particularly after 8 minutes of conference, I will ask to see a pass.

If I detect a problem, I will find out who issued the pass and I will go ask a question of that colleague to clarify.