End of EDU 777 Reflection

 

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When I first started this proposal I was very excited and driven to get something like this put into the curriculum.  I was even still excited about it as I hit the halfway mark for EDU 777.  But as I really evaluated the logistics and thought how this would be an active part of the curriculum, I found myself less excited. The logistics of reaching every single student (approximately 686 students) is pretty tough.  So many  of the students have different needs so I would need to find a way for all students to get the curriculum.  If it is done during advisory I would be able to reach all of the students.  But that also means I would need to coordinate with the advisory teacher as well as administration and social workers to make sure all of the goals align.  I would then have to put together a lesson that all teachers could administer to the students.  If I do it in Tech/STEM, I still have a group of students that I would need to coordinate with other teachers to find a way to be part of the lessons.  Either way I need to create lessons for others to do which makes it more time consuming. I also need to balance dealing with different educational goals with other teachers.  I think that this is an important topic and has an important place in schools.  But I think that I need to readjust to see how I can make this into a better curriculum for the whole school community.  Students will continue to deal with tech and will need direct instruction on how to deal with different changes with a set of tools to evaluate.