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Finals week- Reflecting on yourself as a KLA Leader
10/20 How do KLA leaders monitor their progress?
Quick Questions:
1) How do you think you did academically and in citizenship on your 6 week progress report?
Warm Up:
Read the Weekly Bulletin
Leadership Studies:
Monitoring Academic and Citizenship Progress
1) Hand out to students "Action Plan"
2) Pass out student 6 week Progress Report
3) Have students independently work on the action plans using what they learned from their Progress Reports. **model calculation of GPA/CPA
CLOSING/EXIT SLIP: What are you strengths and weaknesses in academics and citizenship? What is your plan of action?
How do KLA Leaders prepare themselves for Fall Open House?
Quick Questions:
1) Who is going to be attending Open House with you?
2) How prepared are you to talk about what learning looks and sounds like in each of your classes?
Warm Up:
Preview all parts of the passport
1) The Program/Schedule
2) The different boxes that represent each class/subject
3) Fill in your name, grade and REACH Teacher's name
Leadership Studies:
1) Explain to students that they will be their family's guide for Open House. Have them write on one lined sheet of paper, one or two sentences that describe each class they have.
2) Next have them write one sentence that explains the different ways they are assessed and ways they earn an academic grade for each class.
3) Finally, have students write two strengths and one area of improvement for each class.
Closing:
How do we use the Passports?
1) Students will need to take their passports to each class as they move through their Open House visit.
2) Each class will stamp or sticker that particular box to signify that a visit was made.
3) At the end of the evening of Open House, as they exit, students must return their completed passport to the designated grade level box located at the Gates of Wisdom- these passports will be pulled to raffle off prizes.
4) The next morning, Mrs. Sartain will be drawing a silent raffle for special KLA prizes by grade level. If you are a winner, your name and the prize you won will be posted on the Gates of Wisdom Bulletin Board.
5) All Passports will then be returned to their indicated REACH teacher in which students will be able to redeem them accordingly.
9/23-9/26 How do KLA Leaders decide on a Classroom Community Service Project?
Quick Questions:
9/23:
1) What do you now know about community service?
2) What kind of community service have you done?
9/24:
1) Create a list of possible campus beautification projects that are needed at KLA.
2) Create a list of possible community service projects that you would like your REACH class to do.
9/25:
1) Why is the project your REACH class decided on important to the KLA community?
2) How will you personally contribute to your REACH class' community service project?
9/26:
1) What are possible problems your REACH class may run into as you plan your community service project?
2) What materials will you need in order to have a successful community service project?
Organization:
9/24:
Student backpack check
9/26:
Student agenda check
Leadership Studies:
(9/23-9/26)
1) Read, summarize, and chart the 5 steps to community service (refer to the reading, "Five Steps to Community Service"
2) Review the list of "Community Service Project Ideas" (refer to shared document)
3) Brainstorm other ideas that were not mentioned on the list of ideas
4) Take an interest inventory: students should select their top 3 ideas that they are interested in and then share out as teacher tallies results to determine top 3 ideas for the entire class
5) Discuss as a whole class the top 3 ideas using the following guiding questions:
a) How does this idea relate to our REACH focus?
b) How does this idea contribute to our KLA community in a positive way?
c) Who benefits from this idea?
d) How realistic is this idea (logistics)?
6) Decide on one classroom community service project as a class either by: analyzing the questions or voting as a class
7) Have each student fill out "Your Personal Community Service-Learning Project Guide" Step 1
8) As a whole group, discuss and complete Step 2 of Project Guide form
9) Break up into action plan committees to begin Community Service Project
10) Share/Email your Community Service Project Idea with Mrs. Sartain.
9/22 How do KLA leaders reflect on their own level of leadership?
Quick Questions:
1) What do you now know about your strengths and weaknesses in academics?
2) On a scale of 1 to 5, how strong of a leader are you?
Organization:
Student binder checks
Warm Up:
Read Weekly Bulletin
Leadership Studies:
1) Explain to students that they will be asked to complete this REACH Reflection several times this year. This reflection will be used to measure growth and monitor progress in terms of demonstrating leadership. It is important that we are honest and show integrity when completing this survey because teachers will have access to their students' reflections and they will be comparing their observations with their students' with responses.
2) Preview the REACH Reflection form- check for understanding and answer questions before students begin. Students should underline unfamiliar words.
3) Have students fill out the REACH Reflection either electronically or the paper pencil version. Both formats will be available to teachers via google docs.