If I were to say, "What do you wish was different in your classroom right this minute?" What would come to mind? The easiest way to identify a dilemma is to start with simple questions, like....
What keeps me up at night?
Who needs help in my class? Who struggles the most?
What assessments did students do the worst/best on?
What lessons did or did not go well?
Are my students at level? Who is and who isn't?
These kinds of questions will lead you to start looking at the available data. What sources would you look at to answer the above questions? Come to class prepared to share some ideas for your data project. See you next week!
What keeps me up at night? Students that have no where to sleep, students whose parents seem to be sabotoging their learning by keeping them out of school for various reasons, students that have been left behind because instead of reaching out for help when they hit a roadblock, staff have tried to keep them in the classroom and to themselves and not getting them the help they need. I find it hard to sleep knowing that a child could have recieved more help and not been frustrated or been less so at 4th grade. I wonder how to reach parents and stakeholders so they feel comfortable with me and my expectations knowing I care for their child.
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