Mentor+Meetings

=Mentor Meetings=

Follow-up Email: Mrs. Pirmann,
 * Mentor Meeting, Thursday, May 13, 7:30am**

Thank you for meeting with me this morning. Your revising helped improve my proposal.

Dave Canfield

Notes: Reviewed and revised formal social action proposal.

Initial Email: Mrs. Pirmann,

Could we have a mentor meeting this Thursday (tomorrow) at 7:30am to discuss the PACSE trip and where to go from here with the completion of my bill?

Dave Canfield

Follow-up Email: Mrs. Pirmann,
 * Mentor Meeting, Thursday, May 6, 7:30am**

Thank you for meeting with me this morning. Here is the link to my wikispace: davecsrsem.wikispaces.com

Talking about my presentation helped me organize my thoughts.

Dave Canfield

Notes:
 * PACSE/ PA Department of Education meeting still being organized
 * Possibly film presentation to give experts a student's perspective on NCLB and education reform

Initial Email: Mrs. Pirmann,

Are you available for a mentor meeting this Thursday morning at 7:30 am to review my bill and discuss the PACSE trip to the PA Department of Education?

Dave Canfield

Follow up Email Mrs. Pirmann, Thank you for meeting with me this morning. Our discussion of STEM's exclusion of technology and engineering has given me valid arguments for my proposal. Thanks, Dave Canfield
 * Mentor Meeting, Wednesday, April 28, 7:30am**

Notes
 * PCAST letter bullet 2
 * wood shop -- engineering

Initial Email: Mrs. Pirmann, Could we meet this Wednesday morning to discuss my progress on the proposal for the Pennsylvania Department of Education? Thanks, Dave Canfield

Follow up Email: Mrs. Pirmann,
 * Mentor Meeting, Wednesday, April 21, 7:30am**

Thank you for meeting with me this morning. Our discussion of STEM has narrowed my focus and I will determine the specifics for my proposal by our next meeting. Additionally, I will check with Dallas regarding the June 4th trip to Harrisburg.

Dave Canfield

Notes:
 * STEM program too heavily focused on Math, Science, Standardization
 * June 4th PACSE meeting with PA Department of Education

Initial Email: Mrs. Pirmann, As discussed, I am looking forward to our mentor meeting on Wednesday April 21 at 7:30 am to discuss my proposal to the PA Department of Education regarding the problems with STEM and its lack of focus on technology. Thanks, Dave Canfield

Follow up Email: Mrs. Pirmann, Thank you very much for meeting with me yesterday. Our covering of the Elem. and Secondary Edu Act has allowed me to narrow my research. Thanks, Dave Canfield
 * Mentor Meeting,Tuesday, April 13, 7:30am**

Notes:
 * Standardization loses individuality
 * Possible interviews with Mr. Mal, Mrs. Zehner, and Mr. Zgraggen to discuss NCLB
 * "Good teachers are no longer trusted..teachers have become factory workers"
 * Some schools do not take PSSA/Keystone State Assessments, Central Bucks was considering this

Initial Email: Mrs. Pirmann, Would it be possible to have our next mentor meeting on Tuesday at 7:30 am in your room? By then I will have contacted Mrs. Zehner for the bill format, annotated the STEM program, and will have finished going through the Blueprint for Reform. I am thinking that my bill will focus on the state's misplaced focus on the standardized testing of math, science, and English instead of better curriculum standards in Comp Sci etc.

Talk to you tomorrow and thanks for all of your help, Dave Canfield

Follow-up Email: Mrs. Pirmann, Thank you for meeting with me on Tuesday, our discussion of the Blueprint For Reform has allowed me to continue my research. Also, thank you for lending me your copy. I will contact you after the break regarding our next meeting. Thanks, Dave Canfield
 * Mentor Meeting, Tuesday, March 30, 7:30am**

Notes:
 * Reviewed STEM and "Blueprint for Reform"
 * Contact Mrs. Zehner regarding bill format.

Initial Email: Mrs. Pirmann,If it fits your schedule, could you meet for a mentor meeting this coming Tuesday during homeroom? David Canfield

Follow-up Email: Mrs. Pirmann,
 * Mentor Meeting, Wednesday, March, 24, 735am**

Thank you very much for meeting with me for our enlightening mentor meeting this morning. Thank you for sharing your opinion on NCLB and informing me of the STEM program. This has allowed me to narrow my questions for Mrs. Rohrbach while also getting a better grip on my topic. I will email you in the coming days regarding a future meeting.

Thanks again, Dave

Notes:
 * STEM: science technology engineering math, PA only focusing on math and science, still holding off on computer science
 * If we have science, computer science, math, then STEM is much closer to be achieved
 * Are schools really failing kids? Which students aren’t doing their homework?
 * Vast numbers of dropouts in California –look into dropout rate of high schools students as opposed to elem. Students
 * Look into new curriculum requirement at STHS, if you don’t get this said grade, you do not graduate
 * Take PSSAs in 11th grade, if you do not score proficient or advanced, in 12th grade you have an opportunity to take the test (in October) and automatically enrolled in failing classes, must score a 75% in class, student does not graduate, are they held back?
 * If students fails in 8th grade, forced to take year long math
 * Rohrbach
 * Kids have to take advantage of the opportunities
 * Meeting for parents of students who fail?

Initial Email: Mrs. Pirmann, As discussed, I look forward to our mentor meeting tomorrow morning during homeroom, where we will discuss my topic and project ideas. See you then, David Canfield