Jim Shipley

1
Assessing the Classroom Learning System
Major Reasons for Job Loss as reported in From
School to Work

• Absenteeism not showing up for work on a
  regular
• basis
• Loafing daydreaming on the job, taking long
  coffee
• breaks, wandering away from assigned work
  stations
• Personality Conflicts not getting along with
  the
• person in charge or with co-workers
• Violating Company Rules fighting, drinking,
  smoking in
• non-smoking areas, ignoring safety regulations
• Incompetence not having the knowledge, skills,
• experience or aptitude to perform the
  responsibilities
• requested

2

• Another process
• Ask students, What is your job in this
• class? (have them record responses on
• post-its)
• Ask students, What would provide evidence
• that you were doing your job?
• Categorize and consolidate responses
• Begin writing mission statement
• - Affinity process in table groups
• - Collect table missions
• Consolidate table missions
• Sign/post

3

• Karen Edwards, a 1st grade teacher, uses
• this process
• Week 2 of school, she divides students into
• groups and sends them to interview the
• 2nd grade teachers about social prep/
• academic prep for 2nd grade
• They begin brainstorming their
• - vision (dream for the class)
• - mission (job)
• They leave the brainstorm up for 2 weeks
• Begin drafting the vision/mission