As an Academic Specialist my daily audience are all of the students at my site. Much of my day is spent analyzing data for our teachers, planning PLCs, and constantly looking ahead at testing windows, which impacts every one of our students! Are the tools we are using benefiting our students? Is the data helping guide our instruction? Is technology being used effectively? Are our PBL projects meeting the standards? These are just a sampling of the questions we try to answer as a staff. Why? Our ultimate goal is keep the students involved and wanting to learn. As teachers we have worked together to build a Project Planning Toolkit with our resources in one folder. These tools help remind us that our students are our daily audience and their learning is the priority.
I find myself looking at my Project Planner through different eyes. I am reaching all the different learning types in my classroom? Am I capturing their attention and keeping it throughout the project, or is it just another assignment they can't wait to be done with? Are we looking at a driving question, and our students responsible for answering it? Is their imagination allowed to shine? I think all of these questions will help me with building a resource that can be effectively used.
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AuthorHeather Feinberg is an Academic Specialist for grades K-5 at Yountville Elementary. Archives
July 2018
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