HW#36: School Proposal parts F, G, H, or I

Write at least 1.5 pages about ONE of the following parts of your team's school proposal. Write about the part your team assigned you.

F. What kinds of people do we want to attract to be teachers at your school? What personal qualities should they have? What qualifications should they have? What common approaches to learning and students do we want our teachers to share? How will we recruit teachers? How will we continue to train teachers to become better at their job?

G. How we will recruit and admit students? How important is it to us to attract a diverse student body, in terms of race, gender identity, national origin, economic status, sexual orientation, etc.? Will you take students from the nearby area or from a wider geographical region? What actions will we take to make our school a welcoming and inclusive space for all of our students?

H. How can you create partnerships with families to improve the education the students receive? What roles do you want families to play in the school community? How can you encourage them to play these roles?

I. What resources might be available in the surrounding community that you can use (you will need to use your imagination if you are not basing your school in an actual location you know about)? How can you create partnerships with community groups / businesses / government agencies to improve the education the students receive? What are some of the needs / challenges of the community that your school can help address?

HW#35: Restorative Justice research

Gather information about the philosophy and practices of restorative justice in schools. There are several interesting short videos online related to this, as well as numerous articles.

1) Summarize what you learned. Cite your sources (website name, article title, author if one is given)

2) Do you think you could use these ideas/practices in your learning environment? Why? How could you do so?

At least one full page.

HW#34

Brainstorm ideas for activities, lessons, and / or courses that you would want to teach in your ideal school.

Describe 2-3 of your ideas in detail, answering for each:

1) What would the teaching / learning method / format be?
2) What specifically would students do and learn?
3) Why would this be meaningful / important for the students?

HW#33: Freedom School primary source document analysis

1) Summarize the philosophy / approach to education reflected in your group's primary source documents.

--Why do you think SNCC chose these topics / approaches to teaching and learning?
--Why do you think SNCC thought they would be interesting and important in the lives of these particular students?
--How might this lesson/topic have affected the students?

2) --Your own thoughts / reactions
--How might these ideas about / approaches to education be useful when designing lessons / curriculum for own ideal school?

HW#32 (703): Read, highlight, at least 5 annotations for pg. 4-10 of Freedom Schools text

HW#31: Finish project brainstorming questions

HW#30

Choose 1-3 of the big picture questions we came up with in class today and answer them with at least one page of your opinion / research.

HW #29: How will you motivate your students?

At least one page: For the school / learning environment your group will design, brainstorm different ways you might motivate / encourage students to learn and engage. Think about our discussion of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. 

Bring your independent reading book for Monday. 

HW#28: John Holt one page reading--due Thursday, March 3

Read the page by John Holt. Underline/highlight 1-2 important quotes, write one comment and one question the reading raises in your mind. Be prepared to share what you've read with your group (everyone in your group has a different reading).

The readings are available here. You only need to do one of them (the one you were assigned, please).

HW#27: Values in education

Complete this handout (available here) about ICE's values and the values you would like to encourage in your ideal educational environment.

HW# 26: Tenth Republican Debate

Write at least one page of description and analysis of the Republican debate, or an alternate format showing an equivalent amount of effort.

You can watch the debate here.