Analyzing our Interventions
Best Practices

Successes
What has work for you this year?

getting to know the student/building a positive relationship

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One on one...if there's time

How did you engineer the time to work one on one?

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working with new materials

students love to experiment with different materials (the teenage brain) so build in some time to play with the media

more focus on the PROCESS of learning (feedback during preliminary stages) and less emphasis on the mark

Do you assess the process work? If the student doesn't complete the end project will his/her process mark count instead?

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using video for self assessment

used a self peer editing check list

give part marks on rubric for preliminaries for expanding on their ideas

encourage them to continue to improve while completing project

spending more time on skills than content

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Struggles
What interventions weren't successful?

Calling home regarding absences- actually... anything that had to do with absences

A number of students do not know nor care about school absence policies. A few parents do not follow through either.

never have had such bad calls as this year

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Attendance - students are engaged in dynamic lessons, but only when/if they attend.

all splits

CRAP... I have 2 next year....

Open levels present plenty of gaps in student abilities..split classes are an added stress.

me too!

Make up assignments

when I did not use one on one with some students to review process in smaller groups after initial instruction

several differnt types of learners with various strenghts

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Big Projects for Next Year

Brining in Community Artists

Need a liaison/list of networks

Need time to get together to put it all together

Board needs to develop a honorarium system that all schools could connect with

The artists could be given a bulk honorarium to work with all the schools

Teacher Workshops

Our art/drama teachers need opportunities to learn new techniques

Training Expo
- local training with local resources

PLC's could be done at the LU Art Building or the Thunder Bay Art Gallery

CODE Conference for Drama Teachers

Needs to be curriculum based

Meeting with Director from Magnus, Paramount

Art Activities in the Comminity

Check with community members who might want art displayed or fund raisers

Book Houses?

Non Profits

School/Board wide fund raising

Make Calendars with student artwork

Cards

Link with business department for their expertise

Art for Social Change Event

Focus could be on Mental Health
- things students struggle with
- needs to be meaningful for the community

Connections
How did your interventions build meaningful connections

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the focus here is on assessment for learning, tracking what students are able to do at different stages
- multiple entry points

Focus of the Visual Art/Drama PLC