Survey for everyone to complete for Kris:

Survey Link: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22ACKT9GUG2

School Identity

Searider Productions Academy for Creative Education at Waianae High School

S.P.A.C.E. @ WHS

Thoughts

-teacher shirts

-polo shirts, t-shirts

-color?

-logo?

-student shirts – student designed?

Please post your thoughts and ideas!!

Advisory Period

Advisory notes

• regular schedule 8:45-10:10am
• Tuesday 8:00-8:15am
• Students (20-25) are assigned to a teacher at random.
• Teacher acts as a counselor/mentor
• Mentors student from 9-12 grade.
• monitors school academic performance.
• Teacher uses an online template.
• Teacher builds relationships with students
• Teacher works collaboratively with the parents by
• making home visits and conferences.

...Na‘a

Portal Findings

Things we know...

• Simple - very easy to use
• Training is initially provided by teacher, then mentoring begins
• Every student receives account
• Gmail is primary email client
• Assignments and grades are easily accessible
• Students were very proficient in language, use and competency of portal
• Our teachers still have many detail oriented questions

Things we need to know...

• System Administration
• Leveraging programs full capabilities
• Exporting data for parent notification
• Where does training come from down the road
• Is it an open application or purchased
• Homework completion. Online? Offline?
• Other teacher requests - seating charts, attendance, etc.

A more detailed description of our conversation can be found in Emily's notes...

John/Mike

Interventions

• Group Contract
• Advisory Teacher (same teacher all 4 years, about 20 students)
• Security said things were very quiet
• Students did not cut or get in trouble (only remembered one student getting in trouble - expelled for stealing a laptop)
• Sophomore said that things were more difficult in the freshman year.
• Students do fail some times, but they know that they are responsible (it is a choice that they make, if there is a student that is already going to fail and will not work with the group the teacher would just grade the rest of the group)
• Student said if there is tension between group members, they can speak informally to the teacher and transfer groups. Student stated, though, that culture makes this fairly unnecessary.
• We asked what happens "if a student needs special help" with tasks. Students replied vaguely that they can speak to a teacher or choose a role that is better suited for them. Their group might reduce their expectations.
  

Aaron Day & Sean Nagamatsu

The beginning

Aloha All...

Really looking forward to working with everyone on forming our "own school"! The Pioneers...whoohooo. When you put the right people together, the right way, for the right reason....things happen!

or as Jim Collins from "Good to Great" says...

Get the right people on the bus, get the wrong people off the bus, put the right people in the right seats....then decide where we're going.

IMUA-

Candy

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