LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IN CHARACTER EDUCATION (LACE)

FEBRUARY 2012

SESSION 2 EVALUATION RESULTS

Quality of Presentation
4.24    5 (16) Very High    4 (19) High   3 (6) Moderate

Useful take home information
4.26    5 (18) Very High    4 (16) High   3 (7) Moderate

Useful feedback on assignments
4.33    5 (7) Very High    4 (6) High   3 (2) Moderate  N/A (24)
        
Would you recommend LACE to a peer?
4.51    5 (24) Very Likely    4 () Likely    3 () Considering

I’m glad that you . . .            Invited Marvin to speak today, he is passionate about education and honest about his observations; Had Dr. Berkowitz present today, worthwhile & informative; Had Marvin Berkowitz as guest speaker; Had an awesome presenter; Were interesting to listen to; Had Marvin in, he was a terrific speaker; Marvin was very frank in his comments; Gave multiple applicable stories & examples; Provided examples & suggestions & stories; Provided suggestions of texts; Shared examples; Had handouts, told examples; Use concrete examples; Incorporated digital media (freedom unites) and movement; Showed the documentary on Freedom Writers; Had a great topic, had the Freedom Writer’s piece to watch; Showed the “Prime Time” video, powerful; Brought in the video clips and stores that back up the philosophies; Were flexible, offered examples and stressed the journey begins with the educators; Identified some key concepts to Char Ed – long term process; I have this opportunity to improve my knowledge base as it pertains to implementing a strong character education program; Covers a topic that is very important to education; Do circle time; Divided the morning circle into 2; Broke up 1st circle; Moved circle time along more quickly, it’s valuable but so are the speakers;  Lunch was very good, speaker was terrific, he really made me think deeply; Engaged in the “Find Someone” activity; Gave us permission to stand or leave the room if needed; Gave me the CD’s for the portion of Day 1 that I missed; Thank You! Another great day!! (5 were left blank)

I wish you had . . . Talked about all slides – set up the room differently. Having the projections at opposite corners & the speaker center was a challenge. (Didn’t really need the projections.); It was hard to hear at times esp. when walking away from our area with back to us; also when voice dropped at the end of some explanations; A little movement – it got a bit long; Us move more; Less sit & get; Allowed more movement collaboration; Given a couple more opportunities to talk about our unique school situations; Done another circle time, maybe as a brainstorming session to help each other w/issues; Given us  time to share – respond more to what Marvin was saying, I had questions to ask – things to contribute  What do you feel about our school’s discipline – red light, yellow light, green light ‚ To provide hope to LACE members whose administration is not “on board” –through my example; Broken up sessions in hope of more digestion, morning – digestive / afternoon – not able to digest; More time – feel like we didn’t get through everything, more time at end for reflecting;  Finished presentation; Time to go through the entire PowerPoint because I found your additional comments valuable; Spread out the material evenly between a.m. & p.m..; Done more w/practical applications and shortened the philosophical/background discussion; Allowed more discourse re: PBIS vs. CE; More staff attending LACE; Are assignments due always next class period? Unclear…  A recycling bin so that cans didn’t go into the garbage; Veggie soup option; Hot chocolate along with the tea!  (17 were left blank)

I gained the following "key" learnings (ahas, questions, etc.) from our work today:  Be the character you want your students to be!; Live what you want to see; I am the role model for this!; We have to show character to teach character; We need to work together as a staff to bond together; Adopt an adult, It starts with the adults; I need to change me to get staff to change; How do I have to change? What do I see when I look in the mirror? How do I get my colleagues to look in the mirror? Teach, don’t punish. If the child doesn’t know, they should be taught not punished!!; Walk the talk, talk the walk, relationships relationships, relationships, modeling; Relationships, relationships, relationships!; Build students to be what you want, neighbors/co-workers to be like, reward efforts not outcome, modeling, The basic needs of students, esp. belonging – prime character education esp. intrinsic motivation needs to be stressed – rethink PBIS rewards; Autonomy, belonging. competency; Character education covers the head, hart and hands; Cooperative learning – use more; Importance of character ed organization and how this impacts the building culture; Deep change – char. ed is an internal, personal change in your thinking; Ideas from an administrator perspective on character ed; Too many to mention but to start with: Reward effort not outcome; Reward effort not outcome, “How can we make it better for all of us” – circle meeting, kid you like the least-journal how you will like; Identify areas of competency, additions, fairness/honesty; Find competence in every child and build on that; Spending time on unity builders at the beginning buy more time later;  Beginnings set the tone; Intrinsic is a natural progression from extrinsic rewards toward dev. students’ character; Extrinsic rewards issues/problems; Find ways around extrinsic rewards of grades & foster intrinsic motivation – need to get staff buy-in first; Dream big, think small, do now, students need to feel competent, get out of your comfort zone!; Dream big, think small and do now; “Freedom Writers” why not? A definite epiphany; Many of the thoughts Marvin shared will help me frame our approach better; Too many to list; That I’m doing some things right! I do recognize students for effort and not outcome, I call it “PE in PE – Phenomenal Effort in Physical Education.”; I am thinking of going to see my superintendent – in person – just asking for 15 min of his time to share about LACE with him (wish me luck!); Prime; (3 were left blank)

I anticipate needing the following resources to support my change(s) efforts back in our school/district:  Time (X4); Time – help from my school; I need time to work with our team and share what we have learned; Time for reflection, implementation – sharing with others; Activities to get everyone on board; Ways to instill/empower staff that are not on board, staff development activities; Collaborating w/our District level character ed team; Classroom library on character ed related ideas, team/relationship/cooperative learning exercises; The book references; The purchase of book for book study; So far both books!; Case studies – secondary ed.; Suggestions for building a program; The ability to gather info on current practices easily; More info on self determination theory; Help balancing all the other initiatives esp. PBIS; Administrative leadership and support, not just lip service; Courage; Intrinsic rewards; Money; (17 were left blank)

Between now and next session, I will try out the new knowledge and/or skills in the following way(s):  Modeling the behavior I want to see in my students; Be the role model!; More modeling, more building intrinsic motivation; Review my own classroom practices w/competence; I will incorporate identifying competencies in most troubling students; Finding competency; Sharing with colleagues and re-teaching behaviors rather than reprimanding; Teach not punish; Not assuming that everyone knows good character – teach, not punish;  Teaching intentionally the 5 virtues with students, encouraging this with teachers who may be struggling with students; Start to love the child who I have difficulty embracing, more positive modeling; I’m going to pick the one kid that I have struggled with this year – the kid I like the least – and I’m going to find ways to change that in order to build a relationship with him;  I will work on building relationships with my challenging students; Build healthy relationships with students, teachers and parents; Suggest morning meeting for all classrooms in our building; Class meetings; Start a dialogue about our discipline system (red light, yellow light, green light); Meet with my team to discuss today and move forward with plan to roll out; Using some of the points as I write the district’s foundational principles; Conversing about “walk the walk”, character of teachers working together; See reflection sheet; Trying to look at my classroom w/fresh eyes and change what needs to be changed; #7; Revisit PBIS rewards, stress that character education begins w/the adults; Compare to ongoing PBIS work to focus on common benefit and confront issues such as extrinsics;  •Unity activities •Discuss yearly themes • PBIS and unity activities for next school year; Introducing char. ed as part of PBIS, intrinsic motivation – not rewards; Rethink extrinsic motivators, candy/treats, does it really work or do I think it does?; I have always felt student voice was so important, I started circle time each week and I love it; Circle time;  Read Berkowitz book and include synopsis in weekly parent newsletter; More regular class meetings; Implementing community building activities; Prime; Completing assignment  #2; (5 were left blank)

How do you envision today's learning having an impact on student achievement results?   I really believe environment has a huge impact on achievement; Foundation of character ed – positive atmosphere; More positive environment; It has real potential to improve achievement by helping us to get students connected to our school community; Growth! By in!; It can have a great impact if it is implemented for staff buy in; Belonging/ownership!; I feel this will help me with my most challenging students; Helping students build competence; Finding the competence of each student will empower; It should empower students and make their learning experience better; I envision that the students achievement will improve, students will care about their school; Fostering a stronger community in my classroom; I think we will see growth in achievement; Over time I envision student achievement going up; I truly believe character education is the plate, high expectations!!; Building a well-rounded learner; The teacher changing their character; It’s all about relationships and I need to continue modeling that for my students with them, with other adults, etc.; Perhaps our struggles relate to the whole “adult culture” in school; Positively; Positively!

General Comments:
Thank you for everything. I enjoy the sessions.

 

 

 

JANUARY 2012

SESSION 2 EVALUATION RESULTS

Quality of Presentation
4.79    5 (33) Very High    4 (4) High   3 (1) Moderate

Useful take home information
4.71    5 (30) Very High    4 (7) High   3 (1) Moderate
        
Would you recommend LACE to a peer?
4.76    5 (31) Very Likely    4 (7) Likely    3 (3) Considering

I’m glad that you . . .  Took the time to review yesterday’s evals; Started the day w/a circle talk; Began with Phil – sets the precedent!; Had Phil as our 1st speaker! (4); Had Dr. Vincent Speak he was awesome!; Had Phil speak, he is amazing!; We had the opportunity to hear Dr. Vincent speak, very motivational & real; I really enjoyed Phil! Thanks for the opportunity to hear him; Was able to hear Dr. Vincent in person, wonderful person!; Had a wonderful guest speaker; Had Dr. Vincent here! He was so great to hear, it’s so affirming knowing that there are credible people in education out there who are still talking common sense, it’s re-energizing in today’s education climate; Had Phil Vincent speak and present to us today, I learned a lot from his presentation, the lunch was also very good; Brought Phil Vincent to speak, he was very interesting to listen to and had a lot of great ideas to share, the stories were great and brought the point home; Phil was a great story teller w/lots of energy & enthusiasm, it is contagious; Shared Phillip Vincent with us today…what a wonderful presenter; Had such a great & interesting speaker, very uplifting!; Brought in someone who is inspiring, informative and entertaining; Brought in the speaker, funny, to the point & keeps it real; Took the time to present – awesome material! Thank you; Were interesting and passionate about education; Had a great sense of humor; Incorporated stories and laughs into the presentation – made it memorable; There were stories to illustrate points of the presentation; Shared your stories; Interwove research w/practice; Phil included so many stories; Had a great speaker; Provided handouts of the slides; Provided PowerPoint; Gave us a book to read so we can learn/understand more; Put into perspective what our goals & focus as educators should be; Granted permission for us to “pass” during the morning meeting; Had the opportunity to hear this conference

I wish you had . . .  Taken a bit less time on the class meeting; Shortened the circle time-sharing about our schools; Shortened circle time or just have people who want to share do it; Given us more “move” time, it’s hard to sit and listen all day; Broken up the day a bit, Phil is very good but long “sit and get”; An energizer after lunch J; Included table conversations; More time to talk; Dr. Phil elaborate more on “code switching” while still validating the students’ other environmental expectations; Heard him speak earlier in my career in education; More of my staff here; Not opened the windows in the circle room, many people were cold; Left blank (26)

I gained the following "key" learnings (ahas, questions, etc.) from our work today:  The importance of character education within our schools; Implementation is a slow process – it takes time; That character education is not a program, it is a process; Character education is not a program, one size does not fit all; The importance of character education, I loved the idea of the “plate”; The plate on which initiatives are placed; How important “I” am as a factor in the civility in my class; Aha! CE doesn’t imply that stakeholders lack character…it’s about institutionalizing what we believe is important & expected; Procedures & routines are essential; Procedures instead of rules, 3 respect, responsibility & caring procedures;  Practices & procedures & rules; Reinforce ideas; The importance of procedures vs. rules; Ways to help students be “smart & good” and “succeed in life” J; All students appreciate being taught (can’t read)___, character education can be embedded in the curriculum; A reminder of how precious our students are; •It’s OK to make mistakes •We are not perfect •All personal matter •Not bad people, bad habits Òlove this; People aren’t bad, they have bad habits – I like that in remembering for students, teachers and for myself; That many of the things that are not acceptable by students and staff are “bad habits” that need to be changed, work with procedures to change behaviors, not rules; Bad people vs. bad habits, not fighting for present fighting for potential; People are not bad – they have habits, the climate of a civil school; Specifics about building a civil school; A renewed positive feeling for school; Begin formulating plans for how to implement the program at our school; Hope for implementation of a plan; My school is incorporating some & practices; It’s all really common sense; Many of the “ahas” are really common sense, kind of shocking!; Incorporating service into the school; To whom much is given, much is expected, this and this and this, you can make straight A’s in school but still flunk life; It helped to enliven my heart to my purpose   

I anticipate needing the following resources to support my change(s) efforts back in our school/district: Time!; Release time from classroom; Meeting with fellow teachers to “start” the process; Time with our team to strategize; I need time with team members and then all staff; Time to implement and ways to involve all staff; The time to brainstorm and organize meetings with staff; More reading w/practical applications or anecdotes to inform my own implementation; All staff on board will be challenging, but that is why we’re here!; Strong staff development materials; Info on how to bring community in and get kids out; Info on how to change participation of parents; Continuing the training sessions; My school has implemented PBIS… are there schools who have moved from/integrated PBIS w/CE; A speaker like Dr. Vincent to address our staff! 

Between now and next session, I will try out the new knowledge and/or skills in the following way(s): Making sure I take the time to connect w/each child; Tips from the presentation, setting examples and leading with procedures; Student testimonials on video for faculty; Have my students role play the correct way to follow the rules (procedures); I will try to read Phil’s book; Sharing Phil’s message; Read Dr. Phil’s book to obtain knowledge of CE relationship to moral and social development leading to civility; Having my students greet the custodian, office staff, etc.; discovering a service learning project with my students; I am going to apply some leadership strategies I learned this two days; I am going to do some work w/my PBIS team to see how to integrate it and change it from awards based vs. character based on self discipline; Renewed attitude for teaching; Bring an example for my staff of a moral compass, using this information to build my team for character education; We will focus on character development; Begin circle time and try the dinner table activity; Enjoying and getting to know students, feeling comfortable in a role of correcting or really teaching students to be civil and not focus on being only part time; Begin conversations with all staff about the possibilities of character ed; Helping students and myself change some habits; I’m getting rid of my rules (don’t have many but will still get rid of them) and stating my procedures!; Meeting w/our PBIS team, suggesting at our Monday morning meeting (school assembly) that we introduce our cafeteria staff to the students; I am going to go back to using my quote of the day again J I thought I didn’t have enough time but I realize I need to do this again; Share this information w/staff; One small technique related to moral development in my next unit; Starting the assignments and getting the rest of staff on board for the implementation of the plan; Implement the practices more frequently; Share information w/the character ed team; Staff meetings & staff development, planning & implementation for 12-13; I plan to share what I have learned today with my team members, I also want to get started on our service learning project; I will start fresh w/my students and talk (round robin) about what we value; Create a compliment board “snippets of our whippets” (SIS students being kind and caring)

How do you envision today's learning having an impact on student achievement results?  I think the more positive the school/staff the more comfortable and engaged the students will be; ↑ ownership Ò↑ effort on assignments; A more well-rounded approach to teaching in my classroom; CE= routines/procedures/values/expectations; Building self esteem = ↑ student achievement; Student achievement levels should rise; Better relationships = better achievement; Increase student learning; Hope to help create a sense of belonging in the classroom for our educators where children feel comfortable to express themselves respectfully; Applying the principles discussed today would take the focus off discipline and move us toward character development, I anticipate fewer referrals and greater achievement; He made such a point of civility being so important in all aspects of a school, not just the teaching staff, getting the all will be the difficult part;  If we use it they will!!; If we get the climate right we’ll see achievement increase!; Better climate = better results; I think the culture of our school will become more positive; Definitely implementing these concepts ASAP!; Ideas to bring to staff, solidifying the need to follow rule #6; Positive impact; It should greatly improve; I am seeing a greater connection; I have a deeper understanding of character ed which will allow me to share w/colleagues;

 

SESSION 1 EVALUATION RESULTS

Quality of Presentation
4.55    5 (21) Very High    4.5 (1)       4 (14) High         3 (1) Moderate

Useful take home information
4.35    5 (16) Very High    4 (18) High   3 (3) Moderate
        
Would you recommend LACE to a peer?
4.67    5 (26) Very Likely    4 (10) Likely    3 (1) Considering

I’m glad that you . . . Discussed how to get staff on board when working on new concept; Used humor and kept things light!; Kept it light and involved humor; Include humor – a great ice breaker; Keep the discussion light and funny, great resources; Had a sense of humor; A sense of humor and laid back attitude; Kept things moving along, thanks for the humor; Use humor and work so well together!; See the value of character education and work as a well structured team;  Are so down to earth and welcoming – thank you;  Had Circle Time; Had the sharing circle-good way to get to know people; Allowed time for introductions and an opportunity to share with people next to us; Gave us an opportunity to introduce ourselves to each other, to talk to each other, to learn from each other, your approach to facilitating this academy is fun and so genuine; Gave us time for discussion; Allowed us to talk about things that were meaningful to us; Did a thorough explanation/overview/background of the program with a day dedicated to it;  Took the time today with description of the program and leadership; Took the time for individual introductions and program expectations (and had a vegetarian lunch option!); Allow for feedback and sharing; Broke up the day; Have a variety of activities; Had a variety of activities especially with me not being an audial learner; Showed videos and got us up and moving; Talked/showed video about leadership; Included the two videos and circle time; Art of Possibility was wonderful; Shared the video with The Art of Leadership; Showed the video Leadership, An Art of Possibilities and allowed processing individual, as partners, as a table and whole group; Made the session fun and interesting; Set the ground work so nicely and made us welcome; Presented realistic ideas; Structured the day well; Are very organized and flexible; I have this opportunity to learn about character education

I wish you had . . .  Discussed; Defined CE – compare/contrast to PBIS/Schoolwide RTI; More concrete ideas about #4 Defined recipe on how to successfully implement an integrated program in a middle school; Spoken with individual groups but that may be happening in the future; Let us know when/where/how we will address the issues we brought up; Provided an overview of the upcoming potential assignments; AM moved a little slowly; Dropped some of the “activities”; A few more short stand up breaks; Divided into smaller groups during circle time; It was a bit cold; Soda available in the morning as well; (I hope you) continue to touch on how we can lead; Left blank (23)

I gained the following "key" learnings (ahas, questions, etc.) from our work today: Building character is a way of life; That we need to reflect/go back to our initial passions to unearth that emotion that will inspire others; Concept of double confidentiality;  Focus on positive; Don’t take things so seriously!; Loosen up and don’t allow anxiety to slow team progress; I realize that I am too strong willed when trying to get others to do something, “Rule #6”; Rule #6 not to take myself so serious, “spark the possibility”; Rule #6; Common language is vital, be the conductor! and Rule #6!; Aha!-Never doubt the capacity of the people I am leading; Importance of empowering stakeholders; Look for shining eyes, lead by making others powerful; Perspectives on leadership; Leadership learnings; We are all leaders no matter our title, etc.; One concept that was very much reaffirmed today…”Leadership is not a role, but a way of being. Lead from wherever you stand.” I love this. It reiterates that we can all be empowered to have an impact and that all of our work is important!; Leaders are like “conductors, making others powerful as they are conduit for the music”;Conductor doesn’t make a sound; The conductor analogy for leadership; Leaders inspire possibilities in others and see potential, leaders do not promote competition but see everyone as an “A”; Possibility >expectation; Possibilities; To awaken the possibilities in others; The benefit of an adult morning meeting, ice breaking activities; Thoughts on how to start motivating staff; The 11 principals of CE, that our school has a lot of work to do; There are so many districts trying to accomplish the same; Aha-we are doing some of this already; Just many ideas – my mind is racing; The video just so inspiring and a reminder of many learned things I forgot; I realized again that I need/want to pursue an admin leadership program, I have potential!   

I anticipate needing the following resources to support my change(s) efforts back in our school/district:  Case studies of successful implementations on the secondary level; I am a 1st year teacher – a lot more background of my school; Compromising attitude; Strategies for effective implementation; Survey for staff on core values, the ability to inspire a positive attitude toward character education; Be a leaders w/in my position to help change take place; $, PBIS training and more support from coworkers; “Enrolling” other teachers; Working together as a faculty; How to involve others as the team; How to get the rest of staff on board; Support of other staff and student; Time! (for faculty & team engagement); Time, time, time – to plan, implement and reflect on; Ideas of how to implement; Practical strategies to use for implementing a plan; I need more planning time;  Check-ins…is this working, what can we do to enhance, change, etc.; Access to the video for PD; Don’t know yet; I’m not sure; Not sure yet!; Left blank (15) 

Between now and next session, I will try out the new knowledge and/or skills in the following way(s):  Review material – come up with questions; Think about it all between now and tomorrow; Thinking of all the material today – tonight J; Digest info and attempt to grasp the concept of all A’s, I attempted this approach and it was a disaster!; Try to be the conductor of my staff; Provoke the discussion about leadership vs. management; Engaging with my team; Speaking to students and staff about possibilities, challenging negative comments or asking why they feel that way; “Possibilities” with my students; Looking into possibility; In conversations with my two adult sons I will focus on “possibility” not exceptions; Circle time, Rule #6 (X2); Rule #6 in my class – better leadership with my aides; I will change some of the ways I treat/talk to children in my classroom; Renew my energy for educating the whole child; Finding the spark;  Go to our PBIS meetings – share LACE information ‚ ask for time at a faculty meeting to have our staff fill out a survey or Board of Directors activity; All play or no pay, greeting using eye contact; Internet search on CE, what is meant by core values, morals, etc.; Because it is tomorrow – just find comfy  clothes! J; Not yet; N/A Next session is tomorrow 

How do you envision today's learning having an impact on student achievement results?  I think today was the stepping stone for something great; Just in my area – my renewed passion will directly affect my students; It’s a process; ↑Prof implementation of CE Ò ↑student achievement; Students should see better achievement results with staff that are modeling positive behavior; Student achievement will improve when students feel/believe they have their basic needs met and they belong (character counts J); Once implementation occurs student learning should increase; If you create an environment using character education student achievement will increase; I think this will help student achievement; If/where implemented, it will remove barriers to learning; Impacting students’ learning and lives; Very positive by striving to seek shining eyes; Make sure we give the students a voice among the team; We need kids to take more interest/value in education;Increased investment in the norms of the school; More info to take back and apply at the school w/more staff; Helped me round out ideas on how to get staff involved; I am hopeful that I will see a connection between the program and improved attendance; Making connections w/teachers and staff; Incorporating parents and students in developing the character ed program; Relationship – involvement by all; Its all about the relationships and our circle times helped reinforce that!;I think it will have a huge impact – it’s fun thinking about getting the ball rolling for the students of our school; Looking at changing character not data; They should improve;  Only positively!; Focusing on positive; Not sure;  IDK yet 

Additional comment:  Thank you for this great opportunity! Laura Honish

 

NOVEMBER 2011

SESSION 9 EVALUATION RESULTS

Quality of Presentation
4.33    5 (5) Very High    4 (2) High     3(2) Moderate    2 Somewhat Low

Useful take home information
4.22    5 (4) Very High    4 (3) High    3 (2) Moderate    2 Somewhat Low
        
Useful feedback on assignments
3.40    5 (1) Very High    4 (2) High    3 (1) Moderate    2 Somewhat Low    1 (1)Very Poor

I’m glad that you . . .  Had a speaker that addressed social-emotional influence; Spoke about social/emotional development, used humor; Brought this speaker!; Stressed the “buy-in” factor! Very important! Also, common language important; Allowed time for discussion; Provided resources, allowed time for review/reflection, provided laminated guide!; Provided a number of resources

I wish you had . . .  Given more time for table talk; Dr. Dunkelblau earlier in the year; Brought him at the beginning of LACE;  Provided PowerPoint handout; Had a copy of the PowerPoint; ?? Thank you, Great presentation

I gained the following "key" learnings (ahas, questions, etc.) from our work today:  Be prepared with responses about challenges; I loved the “success” activity; Flow chart, website resources, implementation suggestions for teachers; Movie clips for teachers, Casel.org; Understanding of SECD (distinction between character ed); Flow Chart; Casel.org, role of media; Change takes time and consistency

I anticipate needing the following resources to support my change(s) efforts back in our school/district:  Good notes; A new Director!; Time; Time-time-time; Time, buy-in, principal support; We are still struggling with buy-in with staff at our school, hopefully the info today will help us!; Search Casel

Between now and next session, I will try out the new knowledge and/or skills in the following way(s):  Discuss w/class, encourage principal to implement staff trainings; Try a few video clips and intentionally talk about SECL; Success activity with staff; Staff PD w/quick chart on SECD; Creating a cohesive presentation of what we’ve been implementing; Hopefully we can incorporate info into a staff meeting (and then into classrooms); Work on buy-in

How do you envision today's learning having an impact on student achievement results?   Hopefully will improve results, meet goals; Positively; More deliberate display of SECL; Increase results;

Who would you recommend participation in LACE to?

Amanda Wolf - please contact her she is so excited!
Energy level was reflective of the amount of learning not due to a lack of interest! (digestion)

NOVEMBER 2010

SESSION 9 EVALUATION RESULTS

Quality of Two by Two presentation
4.30    5 (9) Very High    4 (2) High     3.5 (1)    3 (2) Moderate    2 (1) Somewhat Low
    One comment:  Too slow

Useful take home information from Two by Two presenters
3.80    5 (6) Very High    4 (2) High    3 (5) Moderate    2 (2) Somewhat Low
        
Quality of Restorative Justice presentation
4.53    5 (9) Very High    4 (5) High    3 (1) Moderate    2 Somewhat Low
        
Useful take home information from Restorative Justice presentation
4.40    5 (8) Very High    4 (6) High    3 Moderate    2 (1) Somewhat Low                    

Quality of overall day
4.27    5 (7) Very High    4 (5) High    3 (3) Moderate    2 Somewhat Low                
        
Useful overall take home information
4.20    5 (6) Very High    4 (6) High    3 (3) Moderate    2 Somewhat Low                
    One comment:  Would be very high for elementary staff

Useful feedback on assignments
3.60    5 (7) Very High    4 (3) High    3 (2) Moderate    2 Somewhat Low    1 (1)Very Poor

I’m glad that you . . .  Gave Two by Two a chance to present and to be reminded of the importance of animals and environment; Today was FUN! Two by Two and the pet foster care activity and the circle was a fun dramatization of how to resolve a real problem; Brought Tina in as a speaker; Brought in Tina and had her demonstrate the process; Included restorative discipline in the LACE program; Loved the day – restorative justice circle powerful stuff; Brought in local people; Covered restorative discipline; Had local people come and share, and women; Had guests that once again gave useful actually doable options; Gave us plenty of table time; Shared this information, I serve older students but found this rewarding; Stick to topic; Left blank (3)

I wish you had . . .  Given every school the chance to vote on team vs. principal participation for the next cohort Printed the Two by Two PowerPoint; Two by Two was focused on elementary school, it would have been nice to have something separate for middle and high school; Reminded people to make less waste, some people used 3 or 4 different plastic glasses, remind us to put cans and bottles in recycling bins in hallways; Ongoing development; More training on Peacemaking Circles; Given us feedback on assignments; Left blank (8)

I gained the following "key" learnings (ahas, questions, etc.) from our work today:  Give kids a chance to talk about fear and anxiety of testing, giving kids a vote is so important; Increased my knowledge of restorative practice; I like the Circle Time in the classroom & advisory; Circle time was reinforced today; Student ownership – Circles – Aha I feel so much better about moving forward with my middle schoolers; There are ongoing resources; “Intelligence plus character that is the goal of education”; Collaboration with fellow LACE colleagues during lunch, got some great ideas; Two by Two can really assist in my CE goals for my school; You can adapt almost all of the info to any grade level; Left blank (5)

Between now and next session, I will try out the new knowledge and/or skills in the following way(s):  Preparing home circle’s; Suggest to teachers to use circle time; Would love copies of the two books that Margee shared at end; Rollout for teaching staff; I will share this information to our 2nd and 4th grades; Restorative circle to resolve situations rather than “traditional”; Circle in my Advisory, to do “connections”; Plan to do a circle; Left blank (7)

How do you envision today's learning having an impact on student achievement results?  I envision an increase in student achievement; Conflict resolution can impact the culture of the school and in turn affect the achievement of the students; Ownership; Student resource to resolve conflict; Two by Two can give students’ attributes to become high achievers; Anything that heals people can help them to be better; Children at peace achieve more; When students feel safe they are more willing to take academic risks in the classrooms; The Two by Two would be awesome for our elementary; Left blank (6

 

OCTOBER 2010

SESSION 8 EVALUATION RESULTS

Quality of presentation
4.47  5 (11) Very High        4 (7) High    3 Moderate         2 (1) Somewhat Low


Useful take home information
4.47  5 (12) Very High        4 (5) High    3 (1) Moderate    2 (1) Somewhat Low


Useful feedback on assignments
4.33  5 (6) Very High        4 (4) High    3 (2) Moderate     Left Blank (7)

                                              

4. I’m glad that you . . .  Invited Mr. Elbot to present, this was FUN!!! as well as informative; Speaker engaged well with the group, I like he kept us moving; Started off with the video, great way to start!; Had us up and moving occasionally, also I enjoyed the silent times; Used innovative activities to drive home points – standing up in front of everyone; Did many class activities, teamwork; Used the activities throughout the presentation; Allowed us to use our bodies, to move around and to give us your blessing on having fun while learning – good use of your book; Had us moving around, some of us learn so much better kinesthetically; Had us up and moving around – I love having “hands-on” activities that we can walk away with to use with our students and staff; Did group activities and asked who we are and allowed us to learn more about one another; Involved us – it brought us closer; Valued who we are as individuals; Reinforced the importance of the touchstone!; Good ideas for explanation and discussion; Brought samples of collaborative assignments to view; Gave many ideas about team building; Had us read a portion of the book; Left Blank (1)

5. I wish you had . . .  Made us do the last activity; Written more of the activities down; Given us more info about the standing and looking exercise; Given us more, felt disjointed – not a lot of concrete uses – most of what we discussed are things we already believe and do; Provided us with practical insights on how to infuse character education principles; Perhaps gotten more into your book; Spent more time on the 8 Gateways; Turned up the volume a little bit, I think this group has let one-liners run rampant and quite frankly it is sometimes embarrassing – good sense of humor silliness; I wish the assignments were more precise in direction rather than dialogue format; Included more quotes from women; Danced a little more! Left blank (8)

6. I gained the following "key" learnings (ahas, questions, etc.) from our work today:  Liked the chart – not developed/developing/accomplished; The trust factors, shared agreement, domains of being a principal; A definition of “trust”; 3 aspects of education – trust – be curious – not afraid; It is good to be more curious than scared; Learning about the “struggle” and how you attack it without complaining or stressing; Don’t be negative about negativity, if all is positive it can be problematic too; Emotions drive learning; Emotions direct how learning happens, trust = integrity, competence, reliability education reduced to training; Great ways to evaluate –assessment on P. 34-35; Clarified some of my jumbled ideas in a way that I am likely to be more effective;  Shared agreement; I loved the “shared agreement” information; The real meaning of touchstone!; This initiative is certainly going to take time;  Intentional model of culture, ‚Transitions or markers (Pg. 95) is something I have not thought about much! Great idea; A few strategies for shared decision making; Some of the physical exercises seemed uncomfortable but were aha moments when reflecting afterwards; I don’t think we give ourselves enough credit sometimes

7. I anticipate needing the following resources to support my change(s) efforts back in our school/district: I want to share your information on dependence, independence and interdependence; How do you give students more ownership? – give more ideas; More sharing time during circle time to gather ideas; More P.D.; Chapter 3 in the book – Building an Intentional School Culture; Where do I start - if I can get my current principal to come to LACE I will be overjoyed; Time and help from staff; Time and creativity on my time; Time to check out materials further; More time during staff meetings and even more buy-in from our principal; $1,000,000.00 (kidding!); Left blank (8)

8. Between now and next session, I will try out the new knowledge and/or skills in the following way(s):  Loved the opening activity – would love to try it with faculty and with students; Great activities I can use with students, ice breakers to help lead us into a discussion; The team building activities that were played out today; The square while blindfolded was a great tool for communication; Use the more curious than scared with the staff at my school to remind teachers of how students may feel; Revisit our value words with the entire staff and use the chart (on page 34) to assess their effectiveness; I will do some of the activities at staff meeting; I’m going to get the video from today and present at a staff meeting; Share much of what we did today with our staff during professional development; Encouraging curiosity and minimizing fear; Visiting the assessment tool; Shared agreement process and/or the idea of having staff agree to support one another through positive information – one positive for every staff before the year’s end; Shared agreements; School culture survey; Stakeholders meeting; I feel better about completing my assignments; I’m looking forward to exploring the book and reflecting on more of the ideas; By organizing my materials; Left blank (1)

9. How do you envision today's learning having an impact on student achievement results?   Achievement will improve as will relationships; The school culture is the cornerstone that sets the tone for everything; Character ed will always help make students feel accepted; I will further develop ways to incorporate these experiences with our students; Reflective activities to share with staff and have them share with students; “Our emotion drives our attention”, continue to work with students in support groups to help them deal with their emotions and eventually help them focus in class; Emotion à Attention à Learning , river metaphor – I’ll bring that back to my staff; Doing some of the cooperatively learning activities; Taking back simple evaluations or assessments to utilize with teachers, parents and students; Learning to work together by shared agreement; High expectations inside out; Today’s learning validates many of our current practices; Great presenter! I really enjoyed today – it went by so fast!; Great quotes throughout your book!!;  Not sure; Left blank (4)

Additional Comment
          Great day! Time went by so fast because it was FUN!

10. Who would you recommend participation in LACE to?

  • Connie L. Schiesal (sp?) Superintendent Waterloo
  • My principal and my previous principal; MPS Superintendent Thornton
  • Our middle school staff (Maggie Broeren)