Please comment on the following proposed protocol:
Within the next few days, please comment briefly on the proposed Study Hall protocol below, even if only to approve it as is. - Emily Langness
At the beginning of Study Hall, students are to gather in the room adjacent
to the office to check in with an assigned faculty member. They will report to
that faculty member if they have homework and if so what they will work on
during that hour. If they do not have homework, the faculty member will provide
them with a task that will be of help to the school or the student. Faculty
members may recruit help with grading at this time. Ten minutes before the end
of the hour, the supervising faculty member should check on each student to note
their progress in each assignment. If appropriate progress is not made, parents
will be notified.
Only juniors and seniors may sign out to study at the Friends University
Edmund Stanley Library. This is the only Friends University location they may
visit during school hours, and they must sign in on arrival at the Library and
sign out on departure.
Students are not to engage in conversations during Study Hall. If an
assignment requires discussion or recitation, the supervising faculty member
only may help.
Study Halls are not to be used as snack time, or replace attendance in one
class to do homework for another.
Previous Study Hall Protocol Comments
We have questions about study hall which we need to resolve by agreeing on a protocol which we will then publish on our protocol list.Please enter your issues and suggestions as COMMENTS on this posting.
Emily and I will work together to distill your thoughts into a PROTOCOL which we will then post here for further comment.
Once everyone is satisfied, we will publish the PROTOCOL in the link list on the left ... and this posting will be removed.
In this way, perhaps, we can begin to generate our list of PROTOCOLS.
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Emily, once you think you have enough suggestions to write a protocol, do it and send to me. I will review your draft and make suggestions ... then we will post the suggested protocol for final comments before publication.
Bob
I found the study hall protocol question, but no other comments?
ReplyDeleteI didn't even find the question; stating that we have some (as at the top of this page) that need resolution would make one think that some actual questions are out there in the ozone.
ReplyDeleteThere is space in the second floor landing of the Hull House for up to 4 people to study or read quietly if more space is needed. Realistically, we should consider a room where they can talk and a room where they are quiet...Perhaps have talkers in the kitchen of 1813?
ReplyDeleteI have tentatively placed Mr. Alumbaugh in charge of first hour, myself for second, and Mr. Lutke for third hour. This is based on their/our free hours. My thought is to have each student at least check in with these people and then go to either the study hall room or the porch. This would also be when we find out who exactly is going to friends and why.
ReplyDeleteI have also received permission from the Friends Library to place a sign-in sheet at or near their front desk to track who comes in to study. Introducing the kids to this idea will take some discussion time about our expectations for the Friends University privileges. When can we do this?
ReplyDeleteI like the comment about checking what progress a student has made. I do have students who need to study vocab for Great Books which won't show much in terms of progress unless quizzed, which I don't think should be done, but I'm just suggesting that progress can be tough to measure in some things. But I do hear my kids saying they don't have "homework" when they should still be studying for my class. Great suggestions thus far.
ReplyDeleteI know that we settle into a lull on issues we can't manage. Even though they are discussed they are not resolved. Maybe we need to have a room in which the talking is sanctioned and directed, like a Great Conversation.
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