As it is October, we are now in the midst of examining goals set in September, the School Improvement Plan and a whole host of other documents that largely make everyone feel like they're doing something. For the first time, we got some actual statistics - these are usually horded by one staff member. Unfortunately, they didn't really tell us much more than each grade level class has different issues. Big shock. So, we wrote up a plan to get past scores of the students actually in our courses, instead of the ones who've moved on. It's a revolutionary idea, but it just might result in better results.
Next week we're also starting Navigation 101. We're not getting a lot of prep for it - the lesson plan for the day will be given to us the morning before. Lack of planning makes teacher nervous and it's becoming a recurrent theme. According the website, the first lesson is become aquainted (insert ice breaker game here) and then create the high school portfolio. That should be interesting. Transcript review (hey! how many F's do you have? Hah! I haven't passed anything by PE since 6th grade!), work samples (see first comment - we don't have any work!), High School and beyond (I plan to attend long enough to stay out of jail; damn becca bill), 4-year plan (get out of here as soon as possible, with the fewest number of juvie stretches), Community Service Plan (does giving my drugs to the homeless count?). Doesn't it sound like fun?
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