Top 10 Most Important Things about Conferencing

1) The questions are key. What you ask and how you ask can totally help or ruin your conference.
2) Don’t Hold the Paper!!
3) Don’t bring out the evil red pen, just take notes about what you talk about and give the notes to the student at the end.
4) Meet in a comfy/special spot.
5) Conferencing should not be extra work, find ways to slip it into the workshop.
6) Focus on the writer not the writing.
7) Make the student feel as though you are just talking or having a normal conversation, not conferencing.
8) Remember they are human and to act real with them and what they have written about.
9) Conferencing doesn’t have to take forever.
10) Teach students how to do peer conferencing by modeling and implementing it slowly.