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Meeting Date:
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5/17/2017 - 3:00 PM
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Category:
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Consent Calendar
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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12.14 CURRICULUM: New Course - Middle School: WEB Crew Leadership (not an A-G course)
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Strategic Plan:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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WEB, which stands for “Where Everybody Belongs” is a middle school orientation and transition program that welcomes 7th graders and makes them feel comfortable throughout the first year of their middle school experience. Built on the belief that students can help students succeed, the program trains mentors from 8th grade classes to be WEB Leaders. As positive role models, WEB Leaders are mentors and student leaders who guide the 7th graders to discover what it takes to be successful during the transition to middle school and help facilitate 7th grade success.
More and more studies show that if students have a positive experience their first year in middle school, their chances for success increase dramatically. WEB provides the structure for 7th graders to receive support and guidance from 8th graders who have been through the challenges that middle school poses and understand that the transition to a larger school can sometimes be overwhelming. WEB also acts as an anti-bullying program for your school by providing it with a cadre of student leaders who look for bullying behavior and help stop it. WEB gives older students permission to be aware of and report any negative behavior they see, creating a safer school for everybody.
WEB Crew Leadership is a two-semester course for eighth grade students that combines high-level critical thinking, writing, and analytical skills with mentorship and entrepreneurial project experiences and implementation. Students will participate in research and evaluation, project planning and execution, as well as leadership and critical thinking-based activities in order to further develop these key skills in tandem with mentorship and counseling of fellow students.
Students will learn vital theoretical lessons in the areas of interpersonal communications, diversity and inclusion, marketing, advertising, and pedagogy. Learning from these experiences will lead students to become empathic and responsible citizens who can apply their knowledge to larger-scale future projects as their ages, resources, and scopes increase. Students will be taught best practices in business development involving budgeting, marketing, target audience research, reporting, and pitching ideas for their leadership projects; subsequently, students will implement these concepts as they craft and execute their events, projects, and presentations. This class will require students to synthesize information obtained in core classes as well as work both individually and collaboratively.
WEB Crew Leadership is intended to give students an opportunity to explore interpersonal and mass communications as they assist in improving the school community through mentorship of younger students. Through this class students will become more empowered peer leaders as they hone their public speaking, critical thinking, and teamwork skills. This course extends and enhances the traditional WEB Crew program above and beyond its primary intended purpose as a middle school transition program. It will provide a foundation for student leadership and a pathway for students interested in high school leadership through the Link Crew programs.
The WEB Crew Leadership course has been approved by the Director of Curriculum & Instruction and the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services.
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Funding:
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Recommendation:
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It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the new middle school course: WEB Crew Leadership.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Julie Zierold - Director - Curriculum and Instruction
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Signed By:
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Marilyn Saucedo - Assistant Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Grant Bennett - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Edward Garcia, Jr. Moved, Member Anthony T. Stafford, Sr. seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the new middle school course: WEB Crew Leadership.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 5 - 0 | | | | | Edward Garcia, Jr. | Yes | | Anthony T. Stafford, Sr. | Yes | | Dr. Jose Luis Araux | Yes | | David Nelissen | Yes | | Carolyn Twyman | Yes | |
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