Morning meetings can be tough, especially on Friday. Today I woke up, considered running, decided my bed was far too comfortable to leave and then tried to be forgiving of myself for forgoing something I know is "good" for me. Then I drove to school.
Our Friday morning consisted of a task: Make a survey.
At first, I was internally resistant. "Make a survey!? Pshaw! I have better things to do!" said my ego. And then some other part of my brain was like, "You know, you are in grad school, and probably should give out a survey at the mid-year." And then I got happy, and busy, and started busting out a survey about cooperation and how the kids feel about speaking up and feeling heard.
After making a survey using Google Docs and making sure there was 100% compliance, I am happy to report 2 things:
1) Every single student in my class feels like they have grown in cooperation at least a little bit.
2) Every single student in my class feels like they at least sometimes have an opportunity to say what they want to say, both in their small groups, and in the class in general.
My heart smiles. This is all I've been trying to do for years.
Celebrate! This is fantastic - and kudos to the survey. Great questions that get at what you are after! I can't wait to read your findings!
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