The Homework Adventure begins with a single, honest step. Self Evaluation.

I've decided to break up the Homework Adventure journey into its many, smaller parts.  This way, no single post will be too overwhelming or boring - or simply just too draining to read.


Not that kind of 'draining'!

Step One:

Meaningful,

Authentic,

Honest,

Guided,

Reasoned,

Purposeful,

Genuine

Student Reflections.

We began the process on Day Two of the new school year with Student Evaluations.
I shall scan some of my students' responses for you to see next week.  Every step of the way, when showing kids' work, I shall protect their confidentiality.  It will be important to share the thinking, the successes and the failures (which will all be my fault) along the way.





Step 1: Genuine and honest self-evaluations

 

So here is the first step.  To give a taste test of the rest of the journey, here are the chapters that I foresee.  Please feel free to suggest a chapter title that you think I've missed.

• Genuine student reflections - more to come on this.
• Evaluating our areas for improvement
• Setting SMART goals - remember this old chestnut?
• The Weekly Planner - a new masterstroke addition
• Ongoing parent input
• Fidelity of Implementation

• 

  Reflect, you must...
  Learn, you can...
  Do, or do not.  There is no 'try'.

  How to deal with changes and problems
• Morning classroom discussions
• Individual student conferencing
• Ongoing evaluation of the process
• Creating a catalogue of ideas
• Refining the product with input from each of the stakeholders
• New, genuine student reflections
• Episode Four - A New Hope (just wanted a StarWars reference here)

Your thoughts always welcomed.

Tiddlipips,

El Capitano.