Memo #5: Follow Up and Creating An Action Plan

There is still a few things that I want to know more about. I want to know more about specific strategies teachers can use to make sharing writing more comfortable and positive in a classroom. I heard a lot about decorating strategies and climate strategies/opinions, and I heard a lot about how to create a community of writers, but I now want to know more about specific strategies about the sharing process. I think for this information I am going to go with things that I have learned from our SED445 class. Professor Collins (at least in my opinion) is one of the best professors I have had a RIC when it comes to teaching us about teaching and sharing writing. We share our writing all of the time in class, and I think her strategies have really brought us all together. I plan on using strategies that I have observed in her class to answer this final question. 

When it comes to dealing with bullying, I want to know how to deal with it in a way that both eliminates it from the classroom while not eliminating the bully from the classroom. In other words, how can I change the actions of a bully? I think the best way to find this answer is to talk to a specialist in dealing with some troublesome students. One that I can really think of is the principal of Central Falls High School: Joshua Laplante. Even being in his presence is very calming, and I know that he was hired at the school because of his experience and excellence of dealing with troublesome students and helping them succeed and change. 

I think by reflecting on observations of Professor Collins’ class and talking to Josh Laplante I will have the answers to these few remaining questions. 

Finally, I will definitely be including some of my own reflection and opinion in this project. I am a student too (at least for now), and I am still learning. By reflecting on how certain teachers made me feel and talking about classrooms that worked for me, I can make a decision on what I think works well. Now that I have secondary and primary sources to back up my information, I think I will have plenty to talk about and address about my topic. I almost think there is so much information that it will be nearly impossible to include it all in one paper. I think this is what I need to think about next: how am I going to take all of the information I have received and turn it into a coherent paper? I think this will be my biggest struggle coming up in the future.