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Lesson Title: All in the Family
Date of Class: 3/22/16
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Claudia, Judy, Manny
Module: Society & Culture: Family
How Many Learners: 16
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): I cut more loyalty cards, the green bucket needs organizingSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 4
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 5
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 35
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Nice feeling, strong response from learners. I left the folks a little more stratified into level groups this time, which slowed down one end of the table, but the other end of the table just talked up a storm together, and the lower skill folks bonded a little better. It’s really great to see what happens when the group starts to develop a community.
Lesson Title: The Salmon Adventure
Date of Class: 3/15/16
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Danielle, Ivy, Barbara
Module: Science, Nature, Tech – Salmon Nation
How Many Learners: 23
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): cut up cards, need more loyalty sheets and alphabet sheetsSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 5
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 30
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Largest class this year, had to move the tables three times. Though it was complicated, it ended up feeling ok.. we noted that that tables had more engagement, even though it was a little harder to manage them.
Lesson Title: Interdependence
Date of Class: 3/14/16
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Scott
Module: Taxes
How Many Learners: 20
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): new loyalty cardsSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 3
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4Total Score: 24
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): large group, many folks very late, lots of moving around, but a decent class with scott there.
Lesson Title: Simon is not a salmon
Date of Class: 3/9/16
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Ivy, Barbara, Megan, Aishiah
Module: Science, Nature, Tech – Salmon Nation
How Many Learners: 19
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 1
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 5
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 1Total Score: 26
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I was 30 minutes late, and the class was large, but with everyone’s help, we pulled it off. it was fun to say simon is not a salmon. Useful and amusing. But group was high energy
Lesson Title: Sylvia’s Last Day
Date of Class: 3/10/16
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Maureen, Aishah
Module:Education & Employment: What Do You Do?
How Many Learners: 16
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): more alphabet sheetsSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 3
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 3
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4Total Score: 22
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): One of the lowest scores I’ve given.. though it wasn’t terrible.. the energy was low, it was hard to get folks engaged.. mostly because there were a lot of new people, and our shyest people were there, and a new shadower that I was training in place. Also, I struggled to get there on time, and had to take a car2go and rush to get there.
Lesson Title: International Women’s Day
Date of Class: 3/8/16
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Judy
Module: Society & Culture: Family
How Many Learners: 16
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 3
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 3Total Score: 27
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): A nice class.. Judy and I noted that there was a good connection, but a little difficult to keep folks on track. We went around and asked people to ask each other their mothers’ names, which didn’t quite take off. needed a little more focus, and maybe not at the end of the class. Starting to struggle with people coming late and leaving early.. when folks leave early, it ends the energy a little bit.
Lesson Title: 10%
Date of Class: 3/7/16
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Ron, Mike
Module: Education & Government: Taxes
How Many Learners: 20
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 4
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 2Total Score: 28
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): It’s been several days since I’ve done this class, so I’ve given a low score.. I do remember we had one new Russian speaker, and I had to work with a couple of new folks who were great given the situation. A surprisingly large class for a Monday.
Lesson Title: Working for a Living
Date of Class: 3/3/16
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Tony
Module: Employment & Economy – What Do You Do?
How Many Learners: 16
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Don’t rememberSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 3
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 2Total Score: 22
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): It’s been a week since this class, so I can’t remember very well.. only that Tony was there, and we worked with the Deck of Professions, and passed them around, and the full names were challenging.
Lesson Title: Swimming Upstream
Date of Class: 3/2/16
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Barbara
Module: Science, Nature & Tech: Salmon Nation
How Many Learners: 14
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): goodSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 40
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Nice size group today, back up to 14.. Ivy brought some amazing handouts… it worked well to start with do you like fish, and there was some hilarity with one learners name sounding like salmon. many people said they love salmon, so it came right into it. we had a few people come in late, and a couple new people.. but lots of laughing and useful table cross talk.
Lesson Title: We Are Family
Date of Class: 3/1/16
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Judy
Module: Society & Culture: Family
How Many Learners: 11
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): goodSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 4
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4Total Score: 32
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): time went by fast, there was some switching of tables early on as we tried to figure out how many people were going to come.. Song “We are Family” was well received, but still need a better speaker, though the little one was better than the one on the tablet. Coached Judy a little bit about giving feedback, but she was very receptive, a great support in the space!
Lesson Title: Taxman
Date of Class: 2/29/16
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-730
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Tamara
Module: Education & Government – Taxes
How Many Learners: 8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): goodSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4Total Score: 31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Started off with the new repeat after me activity, which kind of put a couple of folks on their heels.. and there was some continued reactivity throughout. Tamara said it seemed normal to her, but I felt like I had to support 3 learners. to keep them engaged. The song was good, and working with the tax form was useful.
Lesson Title: Taxman
Date of Class: 2/29/16
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants:
Module: Education & Government: Taxes
How Many Learners: 9
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): goodSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 3Total Score: 29
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): groups are getting a little smaller.. some regulars not showing anymore, but still nice sized group. Learned that I cannot say Mihail very well. Started something new by doing some fluency practice before the alphabet listen & point. Didn’t get to the song taxman.
Lesson Title: Cross It Off The List
Date of Class: 2/25/16
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants:
Module: Employment & Economy – Shopping
How Many Learners: 14
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): loyalty cards are there! the shopping things disappeared.Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 4
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4Total Score: 32
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): worked with receipts and a handwritten list. TP proved interesting to folks.. they couldn’t guess what it meant.
Lesson Title: Claw Your Way to The Top
Date of Class: 2/24/16
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Barbara, Santiago, Gladys (Audubon Society)
Module: Science, Nature, Tech: Birds
How Many Learners: 15
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need Loyalty Cards!Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 4
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 36
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): A very nice class. Essentially, we just passed around claws, talons, turkey vulture wings, pygmy owls, and more. It was fun, lots of folks were laughing, and Gladys loved it.
Lesson Title: Streetwise
Date of Class: 2/23/16
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Judy
Module: Society & Culture: Maps & Addresses
How Many Learners: 12
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Loyalty CardsSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 5
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 3Total Score: 30
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Not a bad class. good working together today, but a little chaotic.. Judy said.. it seemed like it was getting a little out of control, but people seemed to be enjoying it. Worked with abbreviations and not with the map. I wanted to go to the large map.. but didn’t get it.