After 10 weeks of strategies, resources and PD opportunities designed to help your classroom become a supportive and purposeful community as early in the year as possible, we hope you feel that you and your students are starting to hit your stride! In this final issue of Early Impact we’ll be jumping ahead in time several months to an event that takes place at Gateway in the early spring. 

While teachers hold traditional family conferences in the fall, we reserve the back end of the year for Student-Led Conferences; a fantastic opportunity for students to own their academic successes and name how their teachers and family can best support them in further growth. Gateway Impact has a wealth of resources detailing how to prepare and facilitate effective Student-Led Conferences, and today we’ll explore in depth three of the most essential tools.