3.9

=**Indicator 3.9**= =The school has a formal structure whereby each student is well known by at least one adult advocate in the school who supports that student’s educational experience.=

Good: I agree that having the same Seminar Teacher each year could help, with limitations as discussed by Mrs. Erb. having as much intel as posible on our Seminar students will also be useful. (Ken Landreth, 05/06/2012) Good: Student 2 Student, role of dormitory Need: Re-start peer tutoring program (Rebecca Burck, 05/02/12) Good: Parent Connection Accounts for Seminar Teachers (Jack HIgbee, 05/02/12) Emerging: roll-up of common seminar grades so students are with the same seminar teacher for all of MS or all of HS (Russ Steponic, 2 May 2012) The roll-up seminar does have plusses and minuses. I currently have 9th grade seminar. Of my students about 40% will be leaving next year. As 9th graders I am getting more familiar with their courses and teachers, able to offer academic help in several areas, often aware of their teachers' expections, etc.. In 10th grade we get a big influx of students, it's a changing population. By 11th/12th grade I may be less able to help them academically, and we also have a lot of IB students who are not in common seminar, so that again changes the groups. (Kris Erb, 3 May 2012) The idea of supporting students to help them build their character and enhance their learning skills in all areas is great. However, we have to be aware that teachers can never replace parents or cancel their crucial role in providing moral guidance. Teachers and parents need to work together. At the same time, seminar teachers can help other teachers, but cannot replace them in monitoring their students' homework or progress. (Samira Danouni, 2 May 2012) Good: The teachers' parent connection is a CLEAR coverage of this indicator, thanks Jack! (Randy, 3 May 2012) Good: A less structured indicator is the quantity and quality of EDCs whereby teachers gain insight to student behaviors outside an "artificial" classroom setting, i.e.; observations and encouragement via sports, MUN, clubs, etc... (Randy, 3 May, 2012) Seminar Teachers as advocate, especially with access to Parent Connection is helpful. However, we may need to look at balancing some of the seminar loads. For example, when preparing the problem solving folders for seminar, I saw that the MS 7th grade had two seminars that were larger than the 6th and 8th grade groups. If one class level load is larger, perhaps the sizes could be balanced out with a 6-7 or a 7-8 combo seminar. (This may be true at other grade levels as well.) (Kris Erb, 3 May 2012) //(list ideas below, but don't forget to drop the artifacts on the K drive)//
 * Discussion:**
 * Our Goal:**
 * Level 4 || School personnel participate in a structure that gives them long-term interaction with individual students, allowing them to build strong relationships over time with the student and related adults. All students participate in the structure. The structure allows the school employee to gain significant insight into and serve as an advocate for the student’s needs regarding learning skills, thinking skills, and life skills. ||
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