Author and educator Stella Villalba explores conferring as an ongoing, collaborative process that centers students’ voices and builds on what they already know. Discover how a strength-based approach to conferring can help educators honor students’ individual ways of composing, support their growth as writers, and strengthen classroom learning communities one conversation at a time.
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