Which type of teacher are you? The one who grades everything? Or the one who grades nothing? I was both of those teachers at different points of my decade in the classroom.
I was the teacher that graded every assignment with care, making sure I gave crucial feedback so students know how they can improve to strive for mastery.
I was also the teacher that received an email from my principal asking why I didn’t have any grades online by week three of the quarter.
Do your students struggle envisioning what life is like after high school? Need a unique FFA meeting activity?
The Chips and Tips FFA Alumni Event was an activity my FFA officers frequently added to our POA and national chapter application where alumni FFA members were invited back to provide tips and insight into careers, college, and life after graduation to our current members.
I struggle to sit. I struggle to sit now. I struggled to sit when I was a student.My least favorite days teaching were proctoring standardized tests followed by eight hour teacher in-services.
Who can relate? So if we, as teachers, despise sitting so much, how can we expect our kids to do it without behavioral issues.
If I asked your students if they would willingly sleep in a cardboard box in October in Ohio without electronics, food or other luxuries, would they? I would have guessed no too until my officers started conducting a Cardboard City.
Cardboard City was an event my chapter conducted for six years where students volunteered to stay 12 hours in a cardboard shelter to raise awareness for homelessness in their community.
Looking for a new, multi use activity to add to your POA?
The Leadership Trail was an activity my FFA officers initiated in 2018 and was a Premier Chapter Models of Innovation activity the following year at national convention.
