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Lesson Title:
Date of Class:
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How Many Learners:
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) =
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) =
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) =
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =Total Score:
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Lesson Title: What’s Up?
Date of Class: 1/19/16
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 1-230
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Judy
Module: Society & Culture – Small Talk
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): got rid of old loyalty cards, and cut some new ones up.Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 3
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 5
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 27
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): It was nice to see some old faces and some new ones! Took a few minutes to get warmed up, but it settled into a nice flow. Could have definitely had more stuff, and I want to use MLK Speech!
Lesson Title: It’s good to see you again
Date of Class: 01/19/2016
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Patrick McDade
DJ: Alex Van Meter
Assistants: Jess Denning
Module: Small Talk
How Many Learners: 8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): gave out 2 alphabet sheets, made new attendance cards for everyoneSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
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: 33
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We had a couple of new and newer faces in attendance, and didn’t serve them superbly. We grouped them together because they came in first with the more advanced learners coming in later, and failed to recognize the problem and move them around. This said myself and Jess were generally able to make sure they stayed caught up with the lesson, and I think they had a good experience overall.
The class was fairly straight forward; starting with the alphabet sheet, going onto two similar dictation/dialogues, and ending with a video/dictation. The alphabet sheet exercise went fairly smoothly, with the students figuring out most of them with little trouble. The dictations/dialogues went smoothly, and I kinda felt like it was a bit low level for all but the least advanced students. The movie was a speech by MLK, which may have hit a nerve with two of our students from Russia as it mentioned Russia and China as totalitarian states. The final dictation from the speech was a bit too challenging for the lower level students to understand as it was a fairly long complex sentence, and this was the point in the class where the skill level segregation become most obvious.
Lesson Title: Green Streets
Date of Class: 1/20/16
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Marc, Svetlana, Ivy
Module: Stormwater Management
How Many Learners: 8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Ivy brought back our green streets stuff, and even more educational materialsSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 8
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 8
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) = 7Total Score: 43
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): we took the bus, with 8 learners, and went to a green street on 127th and stark.. it was really neat, logistics worked out well, Ivy got the bus passes, It was a little difficult to hear with cars, but it didn’t rain. One woman was taking video of us outside, and really excited about what we were doing! That was an unexpected magical bonus. I made an error by running across at the safe crossing flashing beacon, and everyone started running after me. That could have been differently planned. Also, there was a guy who was in vietnam who tried to engage one of our learners. Very interesting.
Lesson Title: Emergency Preparedness
Date of Class: 1/22/16
Day of Class: Friday
Time of Class: Noon-1:30
MC: Ramin
DJ: Ramin
Assistants: None
Module: Emergency Preparedness
How Many Learners: 10
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We need more copies of the Alphabet sheet!Self 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) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5Total Score: 37
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): By far my second best class ever! This time I believe I found out the reason why it was a successful class. reason #1 was my lesson plan. Everything in my lesson plan was relevant to the topic and it was interesting for the students because they heard many familiar words and many unfamiliar words and the lesson plan didn’t put a lot of pressure on the learners so they were open to ask questions. For example, someone asked what does preparedness mean? apparently many learners struggled with that word. reason #2 was my energy that I brought into class. In the beginning I was nervous a little bit though because it has been awhile since I’ve taught my last class but thanks to the reason #1 it made everyone to be open and therefore my energy leveled up and that brought me to the reason #3 so because my energy leveled up it affected learners a lot which gave me a lot of confidence and signals that I’m doing the right thing. In addition, all of the above mentioned reasons made the class to be very fun, open to each other, engaged and connected. FYI: one of the librarians told me that due to the construction at Rockwood library they will cancel Monday afternoon classes.
Lesson Title: Fifty States
Date of Class: 1/25/16
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-730pm
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Tamara
Module: US Geography
How Many Learners: 10
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): needed new alphabet sheets, and cutting new loyalty cardsSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
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: 24
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): folks kept trickling in over time.. eventually several fellows came in and they were kind of passive.. we got them going a little bit.. then a couple came in with kids who participating, but also distracting them a lot. One long time learner got up and left, and then the mom left. challenging, chaotic day. Tamara was super helpful!
Lesson Title: You Look Very Nice!
Date of Class: 1/26/15
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: noon-130pm
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Judy, Colleen
Module: Society – Culture: Small Talk
How Many Learners: 13
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): low on alphabet sheets and loyalty cardsSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
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) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8Total Score: 39
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): A great day with Judy and Colleen.. they got a really good show, and the table filled up very nicely, though folks had trouble finding parking and there were a couple newcomers and a couple of latecomers creating a little bumpiness.. also the class was a little flat since small talk doesn’t have a lot of visible stuff with it, and some of the long timers were waiting around a lot, but new connections were made, and I chatted at length with the shadowers.
Lesson Title: “conversational style”
Date of Class: 1/26/16
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Patrik
DJ: Ramin
Assistants: Jess
Module: Small talk
How Many Learners: 11
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): OkSelf 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) = 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) = 5Total Score: 28
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): At the beginning we had only 4 learners but later in about 10min we had more learners. An hour later new learners showed up wich created a little of bumpiness with the flow of the group. But nevertheless many students were laughing and had fun.
Lesson Title: Wash it Away
Date of Class: 1/27/16
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 12-130
MC: Patrik
DJ:
Assistants: Ivy Barbara
Module: Science-Nature-Tech: Stormwater Management
How Many Learners: 7
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): more stormwater management sheetsSelf 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) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): class was surprisingly small today.. and at first, it was just one, then a new person with a very high skill level. I’m sure the parking situation was part of it. But also, some changes I’ve made, such as separating two people or other things might have made a negative impact. Maybe folks are worried we might go on another trip? Not sure. But, a couple of returnees have come several times showed up around 2pm.. we let them know when the time of the class was. Another interesting thing.. one of the Russian speaking librarians has started to create several classes in russian around the ESL class.. it’s really interesting, and indicates the success of our model to draw community members in, and then plug them into other things.
Lesson Title: “Can’t buy me Love”
Date of Class: 1/28/16
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: Noon-1:30
MC: Patrik
DJ: Ramin
Assistants: None
Module: Money
How Many Learners: 7
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Ok!Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 4
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) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5Total Score: 28
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I wasn’t planning to DJ for Patrik but then Becaus of some clients for tutoring opportunities that I wanted to meet I went to the Rockwood but unfortunately they weren’t there so I DJ-ed for Patrik. The class was great, Patrik brought in some coins to practice counting the coins. Learners were focused and concentrated during that activity to count the coins. We also had a new learner that may join us at the PPT-Connect!
Lesson Title: “An Accident Waiting to Happen”
Date of Class: 1/29/16
Day of Class: Friday
Time of Class: Noon-1:30
MC: Ramin
DJ: Ramin
Assistants: None
Module: Emergency Preparedness
How Many Learners: 8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Ok!Self 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) = 3Total Score: 27
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class started on time and Ended on time. We went over the Alphabet, yell n spell, Today’s lesson, listen and Point, a dialogue related to emergency situation, TPR, another short dialogue. I had two new learners. One of them had a kid with her and the kid was distracting her so she wasn’t able to concentrate on activities but I did my best to include her by supporting her along the way and at the end she asked me about the schedule of our classes, I guess that’s a good sign. The other new learner was a little bit discouraged in the beginning because she thought that this is not her level but then I paid a decent amount of attention to her to make sure that she is engaged and and found her minuses and pushed a little bit on those minuses which she seemed to be appreciative of at the end and eventually she bloomed like a flower :)
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