Reflection On After School Remediation

Over the course of the semester I have been very fortunate for all the opportunities that our administration has given me to grow as an educational leader. Throughout this semester I have assisted with scheduling, developed schedules for in school remediation for both students and teachers, led faculty meetings, been placed in charge of the afterschool remediation program, dealt with student issues ranging from bullying to skipping school to tobacco. All of these experiences have helped to prepare me for life after graduate school.
I have learned so much this year when it comes to scheduling. One of our issues at Fort Chiswell High School is the lack of teachers, which leads to overcrowding in some classes and small groups in other classes. …show more content…
One of the aspects of after school remediation that I really like is that when students come to afterschool we do not pull them from instruction during school. We found that the best way to get students to come was to provide incentives. We are offering prizes for students who have perfect attendance as well as providing them food. Students as well as the teachers get an absolute kick out of me pushing a food cart up and down the halls of FCHS. I was very fortunate that our Family and Consumer Science Teacher has assisted us with the after school program by cooking food for our students. She has been a very important part of this …show more content…
I was tasked with leading faculty meetings on the in school as well as the after school program. I had to inform teachers how the programs would work as well as promote the programs to get teachers to buy in and even have some participate. Once the programs started I thought the communication should be furthered by sending emails out reminding teachers of what subjects would meet on specific days and for me to get feedback as to what students would be participating in the afterschool program so that we could prepare enough food for the