TPOL
Personal Connections and Adult World Connections:
1. Which project did you have the most personal connection with this year? Why?
The Mask Project, because it helped me discover more about myself.
2. What have you learned (skill, lesson, or knowledge) this year that will be most helpful for you in the future?
Trig, because it’s an important math skill and it gave me lots of confidence.
3. What project or projects have you done this year that have inspired you to want to learn more? Explain how you were inspired.
Teacher Creature, it was fun and I wanted to learn how to do more complex things.
4. How has your attitude toward learning changed this year?
At some point I got discouraged and it made school a lot less important to me.
5. What connections have you made this year between what you have learned in your classes and your own personal experiences outside of school?
cooperation-both in school and in baseball
6. How have your learning and experiences at AHS this year changed the way you see the world?
I have learned to appreciate people that actually have time for me.
7. What work from this year would you like to look back on and remember when you are a graduating senior?
Teacher Creature, because I had lots of fun with it.
You as a Student and a Learner (Your Work and Your Work Habits):
1. What is the most important change that you have made as a learner this year?
I have accepted that school isn’t going to be easy all the time.
2. How have you taken an active role in your education this year?
When I had a baseball tournament I advocated and got all my work beforehand.
3. What piece of work that you’ve done this year are you proudest of? Why?
Teacher Creature, I refined it a lot and it turned out really well.
4. If you could go back and refine one piece of work this year, what piece of work would you refine and how would you refine it?
Video Project, if I had used an opportunity I had, I could have made something really good.
5. If you were the teacher, what comments would your teacher make about your work habits?
They go up and down, really good, and then really poor.
6. What might you want next year’s teacher to know about your work habits?
They go up and down, really good, and then really poor.
7. What is the most difficult thing you have done this year? Why was it difficult, and how did you deal with that difficulty?
Persevering when it gets tough, Close Reading is evidence of this.
8. How has group collaboration helped you as a student?
It improved projects that would have been bad without it.
Reflecting on Yourself and Our Model of Education
(Project Based Learning and our Student Culture)
1. What would you say to an incoming 9th grader about how to succeed in project based learning?
Don’t get behind, work will pile up on you.
2. How have any of the habits of heart and mind helped you be successful as a student or person?
Advocacy has helped me when I had baseball to get assignments and lobby for extra time in some cases.
3. How has a relationship with a faculty member helped you be more successful in school this year?
Good relationships with all my teachers have allowed for me to advocate more freely.
4. How has the work in Advisory helped you grow or change as a student, as a friend, and as a citizen?
Advisory can keep me on track with grade checks.
5. Project based learning is a different model than traditional models of education. Explain how Project based learning has influenced your learning and your production of work.
I have needed to collaborate more in projects. Before I just did stuff by myself and was fine.
1. Which project did you have the most personal connection with this year? Why?
The Mask Project, because it helped me discover more about myself.
2. What have you learned (skill, lesson, or knowledge) this year that will be most helpful for you in the future?
Trig, because it’s an important math skill and it gave me lots of confidence.
3. What project or projects have you done this year that have inspired you to want to learn more? Explain how you were inspired.
Teacher Creature, it was fun and I wanted to learn how to do more complex things.
4. How has your attitude toward learning changed this year?
At some point I got discouraged and it made school a lot less important to me.
5. What connections have you made this year between what you have learned in your classes and your own personal experiences outside of school?
cooperation-both in school and in baseball
6. How have your learning and experiences at AHS this year changed the way you see the world?
I have learned to appreciate people that actually have time for me.
7. What work from this year would you like to look back on and remember when you are a graduating senior?
Teacher Creature, because I had lots of fun with it.
You as a Student and a Learner (Your Work and Your Work Habits):
1. What is the most important change that you have made as a learner this year?
I have accepted that school isn’t going to be easy all the time.
2. How have you taken an active role in your education this year?
When I had a baseball tournament I advocated and got all my work beforehand.
3. What piece of work that you’ve done this year are you proudest of? Why?
Teacher Creature, I refined it a lot and it turned out really well.
4. If you could go back and refine one piece of work this year, what piece of work would you refine and how would you refine it?
Video Project, if I had used an opportunity I had, I could have made something really good.
5. If you were the teacher, what comments would your teacher make about your work habits?
They go up and down, really good, and then really poor.
6. What might you want next year’s teacher to know about your work habits?
They go up and down, really good, and then really poor.
7. What is the most difficult thing you have done this year? Why was it difficult, and how did you deal with that difficulty?
Persevering when it gets tough, Close Reading is evidence of this.
8. How has group collaboration helped you as a student?
It improved projects that would have been bad without it.
Reflecting on Yourself and Our Model of Education
(Project Based Learning and our Student Culture)
1. What would you say to an incoming 9th grader about how to succeed in project based learning?
Don’t get behind, work will pile up on you.
2. How have any of the habits of heart and mind helped you be successful as a student or person?
Advocacy has helped me when I had baseball to get assignments and lobby for extra time in some cases.
3. How has a relationship with a faculty member helped you be more successful in school this year?
Good relationships with all my teachers have allowed for me to advocate more freely.
4. How has the work in Advisory helped you grow or change as a student, as a friend, and as a citizen?
Advisory can keep me on track with grade checks.
5. Project based learning is a different model than traditional models of education. Explain how Project based learning has influenced your learning and your production of work.
I have needed to collaborate more in projects. Before I just did stuff by myself and was fine.
SMART Goal for Semester 2, 2015
One of my biggest problems this past semester was not turning work in well or even at all. For this semester, I will focus on my initiative to do my work well and punctually. If I can get my work in on time, then I know I can get A's in every class for the remainder of my years at Animas.
S- This is specific because I can set a specific time when my internet will shut off, keeping me on task.
M- This goal is measurable since, thanks to Powerschool, I can check my grades easily and notice any change.
A- I know this goal is achievable since I implemented it during break and it worked very well.
R- This is realistic because I know that, with the help of my parents, it will be easy to follow through on this correctly.
T- My goal is Time-bound because I will turn my internet off at 6 PM, which is very much time-bound.
S- This is specific because I can set a specific time when my internet will shut off, keeping me on task.
M- This goal is measurable since, thanks to Powerschool, I can check my grades easily and notice any change.
A- I know this goal is achievable since I implemented it during break and it worked very well.
R- This is realistic because I know that, with the help of my parents, it will be easy to follow through on this correctly.
T- My goal is Time-bound because I will turn my internet off at 6 PM, which is very much time-bound.