Revere High School Student-Centered Community Showcase 2017 Overview The Revere High School 2017 Student-Centered Community Showcase took place on Thursday, April 27 from 4-6pm. This year the event planning process shifted from being teacher-driven to student-driven, with guidance from teacher-facilitators. Building on the design learning process, student planners were challenged to problem-solve and then implement important components of the showcase:
These experiences will serve as the basis of RHS’s ongoing approach to planning future RHS Community Showcase experiences. Challenge Objective Shift RHS Community Showcase to become a student-centered planning process Learning Targets Students will sort diverse information; make time-critical decisions; engage essential habits of mind Assessment Criteria Identify key patterns within the planning process Manage time-based interrelated tasks Practice patience and perseverance Evidence of Learning Learners will make sense of diverse information Learners will prioritize tasks based on need Learners will demonstrate habits of mind Planning Process Google Hangout sessions and in-person communications took place with the student planners and teacher facilitators throughout the process. During the in-person session, student planners dove deep into exploring the mindset of our audience, their wants and needs, motivation to attend, and prospective interactions. We considered how they might think, feel, and act during the beginning, middle, and end of the showcase. The goal of this phase of the project was to engage student planners in effective ways to empathize with attendees and gain high levels of awareness prior to the event. During the week of the event, we finalized activity locations, wrapped up wayfinding strategies and mappings, created attendee feedback cards, built signage, detailed set up logistics, and identified various forms of documentation. Survey Findings Post-event survey findings of the showcase were overwhelmingly positive, demonstrating timely critical thinking, productive habits of mind, newly formed leadership skills, and welcomed self-motivation. See example data chart below, as well as student and facilitator comments: Student Learning Outcomes
Teacher Facilitators Observations
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