Goals

Goals - a work in progress These are the preliminary goals that we developed. We are refining those goals. To see where we are in that process - check out the notes to our October 10th meeting

(what do we want as facilitators? )**// || //**Group/Student goals (what do we want for our students?)**// ||
 * //**Faculty Goals
 * Protocols for assignments and student work || For kids to be knowledgeable about politics and policy connected to their issue ||
 * “successful integration” || To help the kids become more effective with their sense of empowerment/being active in their cause ||
 * To plan sufficient activity for kids with regard to service and policy || To help kids move from being passive to being active ||
 * To establish meeting times that everyone can make || To help kids determine what role they want to take on with regard to advocacy & activism ||
 * To make the “stuff” more concrete for the kids || Cross group interaction and education & conversation ||
 * To manage our expectations with regard to the kids’ developmental needs || Develop independence for transition to 12th grade ||
 * To engage in positive problem solving || We want the kids to Know, Understand, and DO ||
 * To effectively attend to deadlines and details on assignments || To work toward student –led activities ||
 * To continue to learn and grow with/from each other; provide a mutual support network; continue to “have each other’s back || To help kids find an audience with whom they can share their knowledge, either within the FWP community or without. ||
 * Knitting the English and History Departments together via continued discussion about content and evaluation ||  ||
 * To articulate our program: write about/present what we do? ||  ||
 * To plan more social gatherings ||  ||

Adding an interview assignment; adding a public event assignment?
 * Other ideas that surfaced:**

Please review this chart so that we can pare down the possibilities and determine 2-3 concrete and specific goals that we will keep track of throughout the year.
 * Next steps:**