Conway Middle School holds student-led conferences for all students twice each school year, once in the fall and once in the spring.
Students keep portfolios for each class throughout the year in preparation for the conferences.
At the conferences, students talk about their best work and teachers discuss the students' progress in all subject-area classes. The conferences, which are based on student portfolios, provide reason for students and teachers to collect and monitor student work. Teachers, students, and parents have the opportunity to talk about student work together at the conference. Students show that they are responsible for what they are learning by collecting their work throughout the year in their portfolios and presenting it to their parents at the conference. Many parents who may not otherwise visit the school spend time there with their child and their child's teachers.