FY 2008 Annual Report of Achievements - Gallaudet University
FY 2008 Annual Report of Achievements - Gallaudet University FY 2008 Annual Report of Achievements - Gallaudet University
other teams, parents, and individuals from multiple Clerc Center units. These presentations served as excellent documentation of student growth in various areas, including literacy and EQ skills. MSSD Initiatives Botball. Botball, also known as Lego Robotics, requires students to apply science and math concepts to create robots that compete against each other in a game played on a 4 × 8-foot table. Students write a computer program in C language to perform the necessary tasks to win the game. No remote controls are used with the robots. Botball is an educational outreach program presented by KISS Institute for Practical Robotics. The District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium has helped fund MSSD’s participation in the tournaments. In FY 2008, MSSD students participated in the Greater D.C. Botball Robotics Tournament for the fifth consecutive year. At the spring tournament, the MSSD team earned the Victory at Any Cost Award for the entire tournament, which included 47 teams from 40 different schools. Eagle Academy. MSSD’s Eagle Academy is specifically designed to meet the needs of students struggling with language development. The primary goal for Eagle Academy students is to improve their signing, reading, and writing skills to meet the ASL and English language requirements for a standard diploma. Eagle Academy students take a double period of Language Arts that provides structured time to focus on their individual needs. Language Arts instruction uses a multi-prong approach: English instruction, ASL instruction, and assessment. English instruction includes group reading; independent reading in the Accelerated Reading program; regular sustained silent reading sessions; vocabulary instruction; using the writing process (prewriting, writing drafts, getting feedback, making revisions, editing, and producing final copies) to write in various genres of creative writing, essays, and research projects; grammar instruction; comparison of English and ASL structures and grammar; various kinds of journaling (e.g., dialogue journal, writing journal, literature journal, blog); and test-taking strategy instruction and practice. ASL instruction includes direct ASL instruction once a week via an ASL language class; oneon-one ASL support for students struggling with signing skills; ASL classroom instructional support for student learning activities, projects, and assignments; comparison of ASL and English structures and grammar; and dialogue vlogs, ASL Traits, silent viewing, signing process, ASL poetry, and ASL storytelling. Assessment includes the Informal Reading Inventory (IRI), the SAT-10 Reading Comprehension subtest, Accelerated Reader (AR), the Written English Assessment (WEA), the 6+1 Writing Assessment, the Woodcock Reading Inventory, the ASL-PI, and ASL Traits. Freshman Orientation Program. All freshman students are required to attend an orientation program to high school, which covers areas such as study skills, adjustment to life in high school, learning about oneself, EQ activities, the logistics of MSSD and various personnel (e.g., who handles what), organizational skills, using the student agenda book, team building, and leadership development. Open dialogues. Throughout the school year, MSSD students were able to participate in a variety of open dialogues. Students and staff came together to openly discuss important current issues facing the school and teenagers. Topics covered in FY 2008 included diversity, race relations, bullying and harassment, and improving relationships. Seminar courses. In FY 2008, all MSSD students took a 40-minute seminar each day. In this course, students compiled a portfolio through the year that contained examples of their work 114
eflecting the five student outcomes: essential knowledge, life planning, communication, EQ, and thinking skills. Students were grouped into small advisory teams, and they worked with their advisors throughout the school year on different special projects, including team building activities, career assessments, study skills, and resume building. They also enjoyed various guest speakers. Portfolios and seminar classes are intended to enhance the students’ awareness of their own learning process and help them begin to prepare for postsecondary life. Senior project. In FY 2008, all MSSD seniors were required to complete an individual project for which they selected a topic, completed a research assignment, created a product that reflected their newfound knowledge, and gave a final presentation. The senior project was designed to enhance the students’ creative thinking and research skills. Students have found these projects to be excellent opportunities for exploring their future career interests. At the end of FY 2008, MSSD launched a new approach to the senior project—students will be working on teams to plan an event that has potential benefit to the school. This change was designed to give students the real-life experience of working as a team to accomplish a goal. Student development. The MSSD Student Life Department provides after-school activities that foster interdependent growth in students’ social, physical, intellectual, communicative, and emotional development. Students’ total development is enhanced through varsity athletics and integration of classroom and non-classroom activities that educate and inspire lifelong values. Emphasis is placed on development of real-life skills, self-sufficiency, positive social interactions, respect for individual differences, teamwork, winning and losing, and sportsmanship. Students learn self-discipline, build self-confidence, master skills to handle competitive situations, and recognize the value of experience. A high level of student involvement is encouraged in activities promoting decision making, leadership, positive work habits, social interaction, and community service. Opportunities are provided for teachers, staff, and parents to work together in enhancing each student’s overall growth and development. 115
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eflecting the five student outcomes: essential knowledge, life planning, communication, EQ, and<br />
thinking skills. Students were grouped into small advisory teams, and they worked with their<br />
advisors throughout the school year on different special projects, including team building activities,<br />
career assessments, study skills, and resume building. They also enjoyed various guest speakers.<br />
Portfolios and seminar classes are intended to enhance the students’ awareness <strong>of</strong> their own learning<br />
process and help them begin to prepare for postsecondary life.<br />
Senior project. In <strong>FY</strong> <strong>2008</strong>, all MSSD seniors were required to complete an individual<br />
project for which they selected a topic, completed a research assignment, created a product that<br />
reflected their newfound knowledge, and gave a final presentation. The senior project was designed<br />
to enhance the students’ creative thinking and research skills. Students have found these projects to<br />
be excellent opportunities for exploring their future career interests. At the end <strong>of</strong> <strong>FY</strong> <strong>2008</strong>, MSSD<br />
launched a new approach to the senior project—students will be working on teams to plan an event<br />
that has potential benefit to the school. This change was designed to give students the real-life<br />
experience <strong>of</strong> working as a team to accomplish a goal.<br />
Student development. The MSSD Student Life Department provides after-school activities<br />
that foster interdependent growth in students’ social, physical, intellectual, communicative, and<br />
emotional development. Students’ total development is enhanced through varsity athletics and<br />
integration <strong>of</strong> classroom and non-classroom activities that educate and inspire lifelong values.<br />
Emphasis is placed on development <strong>of</strong> real-life skills, self-sufficiency, positive social interactions,<br />
respect for individual differences, teamwork, winning and losing, and sportsmanship. Students learn<br />
self-discipline, build self-confidence, master skills to handle competitive situations, and recognize the<br />
value <strong>of</strong> experience. A high level <strong>of</strong> student involvement is encouraged in activities promoting<br />
decision making, leadership, positive work habits, social interaction, and community service.<br />
Opportunities are provided for teachers, staff, and parents to work together in enhancing each<br />
student’s overall growth and development.<br />
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