DOEFORDS DIGGERS What we are digging for:

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DOEFORDS DIGGERSWhat we are digging for

• CHANGED BEHAVIOR
• ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
• CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT

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The Digging Team Leaders And Their Roles

• Roddy Business Partnership Involvement
• Holt Public Relations
• Shirley Behavior Management Coordinator
• Marshall Academic Liaison
• Bagby - Academic Liaison
• Barchitta Portfolio Coordinator
• Clark Reflection Celebration
• McFaddin - Reflection Celebration
• Oppenheimer Special Needs Coordinator

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Challenges / Issues

• Capital Intensive Project
• Group size too big
• Middle School had partial participation
• Student involvement was lacking once they were
  outside, due to limited available tasks and tools
• Lack of available supervision for large group
  size
• Behavior challenges
• Identify skill areas interest of students
  throughout project
• Idle students did not reflect on participation in
  project

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Resolutions to Issues

• Limit group size Post sign up sheet for students
  every Monday. Each class period will have max. of
  eight students.
• Designated days Field days set for MS
  Tuesdays, HS- Fridays.

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Academic Association

• Math
• Calculations, design, project measurement
• Science
• Nutrients, soil testing, Ph Facts, Weather,
  Irrigation
• Type of plants
• English
• Letter writing, activity journal, research,
  project tree bulletin board
• Research secure community business contacts

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Positive Outcome

• Outlet for energy in student
• Covered GPS (power standards)
• Intense student involvement interest
• Team work skill development
• Empowering student attitude I can make a
  difference
• Celebration Identify reward leadership
• Pizza party, prepared food
• Promote student participation by displaying
  photos on bulletin board

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Goals

• To infuse project learning principles into the
  daily performance of students academically and
  behaviorally
• To establish a continuum of services for students
  where they can obtain agricultural and
  entrepreneurial skills
• Write and secure grants to take dedicated
  disciplined student participants to Jamaica for
  agricultural third-world capitalistic exposure

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Learning Styles Impacted

• Kinesthetic Physical labor activity
• Vision Physical growth development of plants
• Auditory Touching, Listening, Multi-sensory
  Interactive Learning
• Tictile Hands on experience in every realm of
  project

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Where are we heading?

• To build a greenhouse on the school grounds that
  will facilitate
• Continuous growth of plants
• Beautify school grounds
• Provide a serene location and atmosphere where
  students can reflect
• Promote entrepreneurial skills in students

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TIMELINE
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PARC Conceptual Framework

• Planning CHANGED BEHAVIOR
• Preparation of soil for planting
• Root up and remove the weeds root out bad
  habits and influences in ones life
• Break up and turn over the soil - break up
  negative habits and behaviors and view life from
  a new perspective
• Add top soil and fertilizer add attitudes and
  performance that germinate productivity and
  success
• Action ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
• The act and result of planting
• Planting requires adherence to specific or proven
  guidelines and rules continuously
• The process of growing is not instant, but takes
  time in accordance with the nature of what is
  being planted
• Reflection CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT
• Benefit of planting
• Nothing positive can grow unless first planted
• Planting must be followed with constant care and
  maintenance in the right environment in order for
  the desired outcome to be produced
• Celebration REWARD ACHIEVEMENT
• Comparing results
• Exploratory trip to Jamaica