In October we hosted the Amazing Brain Workshop for Grade 6 and 7 students. What was the Amazing Brain about? This workshop was for students who have an Individual Education Plan and want to learn more about themselves as learners.On the first day, we looked at the brain in order to understand how we learn. On the second day, we looked at ourselves as learners...what are out strengths and weaknesses as learners. On the third day, we looked at IEP's: what they are, what they contain, and what this document means. Realizing that our students learn in many different contexts and have many different situations, (some students have never seen their IEP,) we used this as a session to talk generally about goals. What goals to they have for themselves as learners? What areas do they have to work on is school? What areas do they need to be "stretched" in? What areas do they need support? Finally, we wanted students to discover how to be advocates for themselves: how to understand their needs as learners, and how to shape their education. Here students are creating art: self portraits. Time lines about their lives: present, one year from now, 3 years from now, 5 years from now, and as an adult.
