| Do you ever feel that you would benefit from more structure? Elaborate. | What was your very first step in creating a student-led classroom? |
| How do you educate your parents on this shift? | Do you ever feel like some of your peers don’t participate as much? How do you encourage them to participate more? |
| How do you compare your experiences this year with other years in elementary school? | What does a student-led classroom look like in a resource room? |
| What is one thing that you would change about the current model? | Does the PE teacher at your school use the student led class model as well? If so, what is their experience? |
| Do you feel that there is some structure in your classroom? | Do you feel like you are helping your classmates learn or do you think you all learn more when your teacher does everything? |
| Do you feel that you are learning as much or more in your classroom this year, as you have in the past? | Do you prefer a teaching structure from a previous teaching method? |
| How do you get students to take more leadership roles in the classroom while treating others respectfully? | How do you make all students feel empowered to take responsibility in the classroom? |
| How does one stress responsibility of homework completion intrinsically? |
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Some other resources to help answer some of the questions:
- How do you measure growth? How is growth reported out? See screen shots below.
- How do you get students to take more leadership roles in the classroom while treating others respectfully?
- How do you make all students feel empowered to take responsibility in the classroom?
- How does one stress responsibility of homework completion intrinsically?
- How do you get parents to come on board with change?
- How do your introverts handle the controlled chaos and participating in groups?
- I am curious about how your classroom environment works for your true introverts. What do you do with the student who is happy to sit back and let others take charge?
- What do other teachers in your building think of your teaching model? Have others adapted your philosophy or resisted? If so, why?
- How do these skills translate to other grades that do not use your teaching methods?
- What have you heard from primary teachers about successes with a student led classroom and areas of difficulty? Check out the LearnLAP PLN! Also, check out this list of blog posts written about Learn Like a PIRATE, organized by grade level or specialty area.
- Did someone encourage you to write this book? Yes, Dave Burgess, my publisher!
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