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Senior Seminar. . . . . . Enriching every student’s life. . .

Senior Seminar. . . . . . Enriching every student’s life. Lori Cheney Team Leader and Intervention Specialist New Albany High School Cheney.1@napls.us http://TodaysMeet.com/oetc. Backchannel discussion.

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Senior Seminar. . . . . . Enriching every student’s life. . .

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  1. Senior Seminar. . . . . . Enriching every student’s life. . . Lori Cheney Team Leader and Intervention Specialist New Albany High School Cheney.1@napls.us http://TodaysMeet.com/oetc

  2. Backchannel discussion • Everything going on in the room that isn't coming from the presenter. • Where people ask each other questions, pass notes, get distracted, and give feedback http://TodaysMeet.com/oetc

  3. Senior Seminar Goal To spotlight students’ strengths and interests through academic discovery

  4. What is Senior Seminar? • 80 hours of project work • Topic of students’ choice • On-Site Advisor who is an expert in the field • Documentation of the hours and learning • Senior teacher who oversees progress • Formal presentation of learning • 20 hours of related research • Reading related research • Interviewing experts in the field

  5. The Senior Seminar Handbook • All parameters defined • All projects have the same graded assignments • All graded assignments scored with a common rubric

  6. Who takes this course? • All New Albany High School Seniors enrolled full time at NAHS • AP and Honors students • General Education students • Students who are English Language Learners • Students with special needs

  7. Senior Enrollment of 47 Students in 1994 • Senior Team • Selected to represent 4 academic disciplines • Each had about 12 students • Created a “4 stage” program • Project, Service, Career and Teambuilding • Added Technology Proficiency

  8. Senior Enrollment of 279 students for 2014 • Senior Team Now - 9 teachers on staff • 2 English, 2 Math, 2 Social Studies teachers • Performing Arts teacher • Foreign Language teacher • Intervention Specialist • Each has 22 – 25 students with multiple sections • Science provides a parallel course • Senior Environmental Research Course

  9. The course options Senior Seminar Summer Institute(SSSI) Senior Seminar Summer Institute Blended (SSSI-BL) Senior Seminar Summer Start Early Present (SSEP) Senior Seminar Summer Start Regular Present (SSRP) Senior Seminar (SS) Senior Seminar Blended (SS-BL) Senior Environmental Research Course (SERC) Senior Environmental Research Course Summer Institute (SERCSI)

  10. Senior Seminar Blended • First run as Senior Seminar Summer Institute-Blended (SSSI-BL); now an after-school Blended course • Using Schoology as my Learning Platform • Allows more students to participate while having long-distance experiences

  11. Transitioning from F2F to Blended Professional Development Course at New Albany High School • Introduction to designing online courses • Supervised Practicum

  12. Standards addressed • iNACOLNational Standards for Quality Online Courses  • NEAGuide to Teaching Online Courses • SREB Standards for Quality Online Teaching • Understanding by Design Overview of UbD & The Design by Grant Wiggins  • Quality Matters Program 

  13. Transitioning from F2F to Blended • Collecting all my course materials • Examining the purpose and backwork of the assignments • Creating online benchmark assignments to provide instruction • Developing ways to build relationships and have discussions

  14. Beginning the course • Meeting with all students and parents • Overview of the course and its organization • Providing examples of the online instruction and expectations • Setting a formal schedule of F2F meetings and Office Hours • Stressing the importance of email

  15. And we are off! • Schoology! • Discussion groups • Remind 101 • Weekly emails

  16. My roles • Create and organize the class content • Clarify assignments as needed • Reassure students they were on the right track • Regroup and add instruction when a lesson • went poorly “Mrs. Cheney always answers her email fast!”

  17. Student responsibilities • Check in to Schoology • Post to discussion boards • Complete assignments • Utilize feedback • Be a leader and a follower • Learn time management • Be proactive

  18. Lessons learned • Time intensive • Course enrollment caps are important • Difference between Summer and • School-Year courses • Multiple modes of communication • Student and teacher time management • Compensation questions

  19. SSSI-Blended Projects • Photojournalism book on Spain • International business study in Italy • Internship with Music Therapists • Blog of trip to Israel • Cancer Research at OSU Medical Center

  20. Internship in Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering at OSU

  21. Learning about Spain

  22. Our concept remains the same. . . To spotlight students’ strengths and interests through academic discovery

  23. New Albany High School Senior Seminar Portal

  24. Senior Seminar. . . . . . enriching every student’s life. . . New Albany High School Lori Cheney, Team Leader and Intervention Specialist Cheney.1@napls.us

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