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lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:00 PM EDT

Welcome to #Isedchat! Tonight's topic is: "End of the year focus- How can we keep kids engaged? How can we stay motivated?"

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:00 PM EDT

Please introduce yourself and share your role at your school. #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:02 PM EDT

Rob from St. John's Episcopal in Dallas. 8th grade T/advisor/team leader/secondary school placement #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:02 PM EDT

Lorri here from Hamden, CT. Director of Lower School who is happy that spring has sprung! #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:02 PM EDT

Cathy Koos, Head of Lower School in Melbourne, Florida #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:02 PM EDT

@skeeTX Hi Rob! and @ckoos1 Cathy! #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:03 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 @ckoos1 80 degrees here today #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:03 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 @skeeTX Happy to be here! #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:04 PM EDT

@skeeTX @ckoos1 Only 60 here today but happy for that!! :) #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:04 PM EDT

@skeeTX @lcarroll94 Ditto! #isedchat

BethRheingold - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:04 PM EDT

Beth I'm in baltimore. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:04 PM EDT

@BethRheingold Hi Beth! Was it nice in Baltimore? #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:05 PM EDT

Q1 is a quick one to get a sense of where you are in this process.... When does school end for you? #isedchat

BethRheingold - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:05 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 overcast & 70. We had some gorgeous 80 degree days earlier this week! #isedchat

BethRheingold - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:06 PM EDT

Q1. June 3 for Ss . #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:06 PM EDT

Great #isedchat starting about end of year! Join us now! #edchat #edtech #tlap #cpchat #kinderchat #edcamp

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:07 PM EDT

We finish on June 8 for students, graduation on June10, Meetings on June 13 #isedchat

EricAfterSchool Apr 21 @ 9:07 PM EDT

A1: Students are done on June 3. Faculty are around for a while longer. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:08 PM EDT

@EricAfterSchool How much longer? #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:08 PM EDT

Last day for kids is May 20. A week "off" and then summer camp begins! 🎭🎶🎨🎬⚽️🏀 #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:08 PM EDT

Q2 coming up in 1 minute! #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:09 PM EDT

My Ss finish exams 5/19, meetings end 6/3 #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:09 PM EDT

Q2. The end of year is near! How can we keep kids engaged? What works? #isedchat

EricAfterSchool Apr 21 @ 9:10 PM EDT

.@lcarroll94 About a week and a half. Depends on how quickly we wrap up meetings. Quaker consensus style governance isn't tidy. #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:11 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 home early! Last day for us is 6/9/16! #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:11 PM EDT

A2: ask ourselves what would interest us if we were our Ss age? It's a struggle though. Everyone running on fumes #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:11 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 personal relevance - opportunities to show mastery.. capstones, etc #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:11 PM EDT

A2. The end of year is filled with lots of projects and field trips. #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:12 PM EDT

Yesterday was Innovation Day where students pick a passion to dive into. Isabel made this dress. #isedchat https://t.co/4NCbl50m3S

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:12 PM EDT

@Learn21Tech Do you have formal capstone projects? What grades? #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:12 PM EDT

Do all Ss have finals? #isedchat

EricAfterSchool Apr 21 @ 9:12 PM EDT

A2: I'm not in the classroom this year, but typically I would go project-based in final weeks. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:13 PM EDT

@ckoos1 That is so awesome! what did other kids do? #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:13 PM EDT

My 8th graders have service learning capstone projects and research papers #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:13 PM EDT

This student made a hovercraft that really worked! The kids were engaged all day. #isedchat https://t.co/zqPeJX45qW

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:13 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 we are a #PBL design school at heart so its always like a "capstone" but we do have one for our work study program #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:13 PM EDT

@michaelschurr1 purple rain!! #isedchat

BethRheingold - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:14 PM EDT

My 9s stay engaged w Romeo & Juliet. They work w prof Shakespeare teaching actors to do a scene. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:14 PM EDT

@ckoos1 how were faculty involved? #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:14 PM EDT

Emerson built this bench from a pallet she disassembled. I love girls using power tools! #isedchat https://t.co/hIi3gvOiyH

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:15 PM EDT

We have 7 teams doing #socialjustice projects across the community so we get to see those finished designs. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:15 PM EDT

Our MS students are in the midst of an earth summit . They redesign the New Haven as a sustainable city. #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:17 PM EDT

@stephanboat organized it all. Our gr 5/6 Ts as well as art, library, tech & T who knew fashion. #isedchat https://t.co/BHRijMZuw5

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:14 PM EDT

@ckoos1 how were faculty involved? #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:17 PM EDT

Other fun things coming up: Kennywood Day (amusement park), school dance, awards banquet, Youth Summit on Equity, BBQ, family day! #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:17 PM EDT

@ckoos1 @stephanboat Is it a one day event from start to finish? What prep is involved? #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:18 PM EDT

@Learn21Tech What do you do for Family Day? #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:18 PM EDT

@Learn21Tech I've been to Kennywood! Fun memories.#isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:18 PM EDT

@ckoos1 @Learn21Tech what's Kennywood? #isedchat

EricAfterSchool Apr 21 @ 9:18 PM EDT

.@lcarroll94 Mostly 9 and 10, but used to teach seniors, too. #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:18 PM EDT

@ckoos1 we go every summer since I have been born #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:19 PM EDT

@stephanboat talks to them months in advance to start thinking. A few weeks ahead they submit a plan...#isedchat https://t.co/JUScsMkc0h

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:17 PM EDT

@ckoos1 @stephanboat Is it a one day event from start to finish? What prep is involved? #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:19 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 @ckoos1 fun amusement park.. HS kids need fun too! #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:19 PM EDT

We need them to commit to find mentors, secure spaces, etc. We invite parents to come at end to see final presentations. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:20 PM EDT

Q3... For HS people out there who give formal exams... How do you gear kids up? Any ways to motivate them? #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:20 PM EDT

@Learn21Tech @lcarroll94 @ckoos1 We All need fun throughout the year! Sometimes many Ts forget. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:21 PM EDT

@skeeTX @Learn21Tech @ckoos1 Couldn't agree more! Not enough of it in MS/US in my opinion... LS has lots! :) #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:22 PM EDT

A3: I did optional study sessions before and after school. Even on weekend if kids wanted. Showed I cared. #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:22 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 Not all give formal exams. almost all our classes except math (which re-test is allowed up to 3 times) have PBL finals #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:22 PM EDT

A3: After AP exam, planned fun class project that could be a celebration of what we learned. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:22 PM EDT

I am living with a HS senior in the midst of preparing for 4 AP exams.. it's not much fun. #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:23 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 @Learn21Tech @ckoos1 if we treat everything as a grind, Ss pick up on that. Perspective! Eyes always on us! #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:23 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 ugh.. been there with the girls at my last school. Just give her breathing room and when shes moody give her a pass :) #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:23 PM EDT

@skeeTX @Learn21Tech @ckoos1 Do you have any ways we can motivate teachers to keep that in perspective? #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:24 PM EDT

@Learn21Tech @lcarroll94 Not looking forward to that. Hoping mine won't take that many in one year. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:24 PM EDT

@ckoos1 @Learn21Tech I will not do this again. Child #2 will not take this many. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:25 PM EDT

Q4: How can we keep teachers positive and in a good place til the end? #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:25 PM EDT

We should model good PD.Ts should leave faculty meetings more excited to teach than when they enter. #isedchat https://t.co/fOLalwaFqf

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:23 PM EDT

@skeeTX @Learn21Tech @ckoos1 Do you have any ways we can motivate teachers to keep that in perspective? #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:26 PM EDT

Ever wish you had a third kid? I'm getting better and making less mistakes. ;) #isedchat https://t.co/vKW9pyPoUn

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:24 PM EDT

@ckoos1 @Learn21Tech I will not do this again. Child #2 will not take this many. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:26 PM EDT

@ckoos1 any great examples to share? How do you keep faculty excited and engaged after a long day? #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:27 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 @Learn21Tech @ckoos1 Remind them cramming content is not the answer. Ts & Ss need to be engaged/creative #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:28 PM EDT

Today was a victory. Split into groups. Ts presented about takeaways from a recent PD they attended. #isedchat https://t.co/L7iqB9wljh

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:26 PM EDT

@ckoos1 any great examples to share? How do you keep faculty excited and engaged after a long day? #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:28 PM EDT

@ckoos1 anyone not "on board"? #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:28 PM EDT

A4: we have a wellness group and morale team that have helped all year long. Challenges, treats and food!!! #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:29 PM EDT

Focus on what you want more of. That is one of my mottos. Make policies based on top performers. #isedchat https://t.co/ZPTPY90Pq5

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:28 PM EDT

@ckoos1 anyone not "on board"? #isedchat

kids_lib Apr 21 @ 9:30 PM EDT

This student made a hovercraft that really worked! The kids were engaged all day. #isedchat @ckoos1 Click https://t.co/Xz5GPjMobc

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:30 PM EDT

Great idea! #isedchat https://t.co/oLl8UGRebJ

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:28 PM EDT

A4: we have a wellness group and morale team that have helped all year long. Challenges, treats and food!!! #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:30 PM EDT

A4. I do feel like social events towards the end of the year go a long way! #isedchat

ckoos1 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:31 PM EDT

Got to run. Good night! #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:31 PM EDT

@ckoos1 Thanks for chatting Cathy! :) #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:32 PM EDT

@skeeTx are those groups made up of faculty members? #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:33 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 Yes, Ts, admin and staff all chip in. Supportive Parents Association helps too! #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:34 PM EDT

Q5. Does your end of year have some sort of reflection on the year for faculty? If so, what's involved? #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:35 PM EDT

A5: We will have a closing faculty meeting and all will report out on their WOOP goals and we will mix in some DT activities! #isedchat

goguardian Apr 21 @ 9:35 PM EDT

End of Year is coming fast! How will you collect all your Chromebooks!? https://t.co/BVx87K2Pqn #BYOTChat #HPISDChat #ISEDChat #Reg5Chat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:36 PM EDT

A2 I am planning an unconference to help identify things we want to work on next year with ideas for action plans. #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:36 PM EDT

A5: we have our own professional portfolio to keep and we should reflect in it. I also survey my Ss for feedback #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:38 PM EDT

@skeeTX How have you used student feedback to make changes in your teaching? #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:39 PM EDT

A6. Is anyone still curriculum mapping? What is the expectation for updating? #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:41 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 we are as a new school - asking folks to work on this summer #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:42 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 what is the expectation at your school? #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:42 PM EDT

@Learn21Tech always really tough to find time to do. I have 5 retiring this year so the maps will be super useful. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:43 PM EDT

I try to build in time to map but teachers do not always use it. #isedchat

Learn21Tech Apr 21 @ 9:46 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 wonder why it's so painful of a process #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:46 PM EDT

@Learn21Tech Some feel that they plan in different ways and it's redundant. #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:48 PM EDT

Q6 Do you have end of year PD (after students finish)? #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:48 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 I've tried to incorporate their ideas in terms of assignments/classroom setup/variety/workload #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:50 PM EDT

A5&6: no mapping but we meet to evaluate vertical alignment. We do have other meetings in PD groups #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:50 PM EDT

Q6 part 2- How do you motivate faculty to want to learn in the summer? #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:51 PM EDT

A6: we should learn all year b/c it helps us and our Ss. Growth mindset has to be continuous #isedchat

_JRamsden Apr 21 @ 9:55 PM EDT

A6: If they want to learn in summer do we really need to motivate them? Maybe it's about those who turn off all summer instead? #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:55 PM EDT

@skeeTX can we do the same for students? inspire them to WANT to learn all summer? #isedchat

lcarroll94 - Moderator Apr 21 @ 9:57 PM EDT

@_JRamsden So how do we get those who "turn off" to engage? #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:57 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 Ss need a break but we should encourage them to learn in ways that they may not consider. Self reflection for starter #isedchat

_JRamsden Apr 21 @ 9:59 PM EDT

@lcarroll94 I think it's encumbent upon the division heads or school to put expectations in place #isedchat

skeeTX Apr 21 @ 9:59 PM EDT

Thanks, @lcarroll94 #isedchat