Internship Log Spring 2017 Semester Log #2 Your Name: Jeannine Dearmon

For easy reference for your internship mentor, please complete the chart below summarizing your 2 PBL projects.

Title of Project Name & Contact Information of Site Based Supervisor

PEDU-620 School Law: It's Elementary My Dear Watson - No Supensions! - This PBL will Name: Mr. Christopher Hart
examine how elementary schools can keep from suspending students. I will be examing a Email: christopher_hart@ccpsnet.net
social emotional learning curriculum currently being used in a school where the susupensions Phone: 804-639-6352
have dropped drastically. The county has asked that this curriculum be replicated in one
school per magistrate district. I will research this program and see how it might fit into our
county's currently policy of discipline.
PEDU-625 School Finance: Seatbelts on the Bus go "Click, Click, Click" - This PBL will examine Name: Mr. Christopher Hart
the pros and cons of installing seatbelts into school buses. I will look at the cost this will Email: christopher_hart@ccpsnet.net
incure on the state and local school boards. There is a bill currently being proposed in the Phone: 804-639-6352
House of the General Assembly that will require each new school bus to have a seat belt in
every seat by July 1, 2027.
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Date Start Time End Time Total Time What did you work on? Topic Area Related NELP Standards
(round to 1/4 (round to 1/4 (brief description of overall project + specific tasks (by element number)
hour) hour) accomplished)

Worked on preparation for next STEAM club meeting. Created the

Scheduling and
powerpoint, organized the events for Minute to Win It, created and Element 1.3, 1.4, 3.4, 4.2,
3/5/2017 3:00 PM 5:00 PM 2:00 logistics, extra- Elementary
emailed the weekly STEAM newsletter. and created a Sign Up Genius 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4,
curricular activities
link for supplies
Technology,
curriuclum
STEAM Club meeting: organized students, made teams, introduced
development, Element 1.3, 1.4, 3.4, 4.2,
3/7/2017 2:50 PM 4:20 PM 1:30:00 the challenge, maintained order, distrubuted supplies, took pictures Elementary
for website, cleaned up afterwards, signed students out with parents.
managing supplies, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4,
behavior
management

Science Lead Teacher meeting - met with other elementary science Curriculum, staff
lead teachers and our supervisor. Discussed and used some of the development,
new Lakeshore curriculum, planned some ideas for professional instructional Elementary and
3/7/2017 4:30 PM 6:30 PM 2:00:00 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 5.1, 6.1
development for August of 2017, discussed science ordering for next assistance, long- Central Office
fall, and discussed STEAMMania competition coming up on March range planning,
11th. scheduling,
 Met with the school principal that is in charge of the social/emotional
learning program in our county. At the meeting, I collected data and
information towards my PBL on coming up with alternatives for PBL, behavior
Element 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.4,
3/8/2017 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 1:00:00 susupension of elementary aged school children. Learned about how management, staff Elementary
Ecoff Elementary uses the ideas of SEL, toured his school, and devleopment, Law 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 7.2
interviewed him about how the whole program works and the
challenges.

STEAMMania Competition at the Science Museum of Virginia:

registered my teams, met students and directed them to their community relations, Elementary and
3/11/2017 7:30 AM 11:30 AM 4:00:00 challenges, cheered them on, video taped the challenges, helped parents, student School Division 3.4, 4.2, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3,
with the logistics, shared ideas with other STEAM teachers, awards services, scheduling Office
ceremony, sent out tweets and created a newsletter.

Fiscal management,
As the science lead teacher, I am required to order science materials
curriculum, long-
for my school. I created Google docs for teachers to complete, Element 1.3, 3.2, 4.1, 4.4,
3/12/2017 7:00 PM 9:00 PM 2:00:00 range planning, Elementary
compiled the information, typed up the orders, and submitted the instructional 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
paperwork to the science department for the 2017-18 school year. assistance

National Honor Society Meeting: organized the meeting, contacted

the gues speaker, Led the meeting with the students, had a guest student services,
extra-curricular Element 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.4,
3/16/2017 2:50 PM 4:20 PM 1:30:00 speaker come and share information about the bunny drive, students
activities, community
Elementary
made posters, decorated boxes, and wrote a script for the 5.1, 5.3,
relations
announcements, took pictures for the FB page and webpage.

Spoke on the phone with the legal assistant to Delegate Krizek, Mr.
Thomas Bowman. He gave me information regarding HB1561 which
law, fiscal
is about installing seatbelts on school buses. He talked to me about
3/20/2017 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 0:30:00 management, long- PBL Element 5.4, 6.1, 6.4
the reason why Del. Krizek wanted this bill, what the committee had
range planning
done to research it, and what happened to the bill. This is for my PBL
project for finance.
 Spent the day shadowing Dr. Lane, the superintendant of Chesterfield
County Public Schools. We went to a Metropolitan Educational
Research Consortium (MERC) meeting with other counties that was
held at the VCU School of Education building. During that meeting,
the members discussed projects that have been going on such as the
Teacher Morale Survey, research towards Achieving Racial Equity in
School Diciplinary Policies and Practices, and the podcasts being pupil assessment,
created for teachers. There was also some discussion regarding the program assessment,
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and how it will affect the policy staff development, School Division
3/22/2017 11:00 AM 4:00 PM 5:00:00 and practices of the state of Virginia. We were able to look through a long-range planning, and Community Element 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4,
copy of the what changed from NCLB and discussed in small groups legal issues, Agency
some questions different school districts had about the plan. After community relations,
this meeting, we then went to a community meeting in the Dale fiscal management
District of Chesterfield at SwimRVA. At this meeting, community
members could come and hear about the budget for the county and
schools. There were representatives there from fire, police, Board of
Superisors, school board, and the planning commission. This was a
meeting for folks to ask questions and get answers regarding budget
items. Dr. Lane was there to answer any school division questions.

community relations,
PTA meeting - discussed programs being funded, approved an artist long-range planning,
3/22/2017 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 1:00:00 Elementary Element 1.3, 3.4, 5.3
coming to paint our cafeteria, discussed teacher appreciation week. scheduling and
logistics, financial

financial, long-range
planning, fiscal 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 4.1, 5.3, 6.1,
3/26/2017 11:00 AM 12:30 PM 1:30:00 worked with my cohort team to discuss budget assignments and PBLs
management,
PBL
6.2
student services

fiscal management,
Attended the community meeting for the Clover Hill/Matoaca District student services, community
3/27/2017 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 1:00:00 where the budget for the county of Chesterfield was discussed and maintenance, agencies, school Element 3.4, 5.3, 5.4,
people could ask questions. community relations, division
long-range planning

TOTAL HOURS 23:00:00

Site Based Advising
Administrator/Supervisor Signature:
Articles and Reflection

Article 2: Goodbye Core Subjects, Hello Well-Rounded Education

After spending the afternoon attending a meeting with the Chesterfield County Superintendent, I decided to find an article that had some information about the Every Student Suceeds Act
(ESSA). One of the hot topics during the MERC meeting was about how the implications of this new federal mandate would affect our state. I found this article in the National Education
Association website journal talking about the hope that non-core teachers have when it comes to this new act. A social studies teacher who was interviewed said that No Child Left Behind
(NCLB) made the teaching profession one that was focused on high stakes test and accountability. It was difficult to allow time for students to delve deeper into a subject that interested
them because there was no time. Reading and math became the focus and other areas of learning such as the arts, technical learning, and physical education were not as important.
Leaders seem to think that the references to "core academic subjects" in the NCLB Act are now replaced in the ESSA with wording such as "well -rounded education". The act specifically
says that the arts, languages, sciences, and government are part of a well-rounded education. The ESSA will allow states to come up with their own methods to assess accountability so that
testing is not at the forefront of education. It is also interesting to see that the ESSA has a grant for funds to help with lower income / disadvantaged areas in getting access to strong
curriculum. The last part of the article encourages stakeholders such as teachers and parents to stay informed on how your state is going to carryout the expectations of ESSA. Now is the
time to let your superintendent and Department of Education leaders know what you feel is most important in education today. As I learned in the meeting I attended, the school leaders in
Virginia are still not sure where the state will take this new act. It is still being discussed at the state level and has not made it down to the local level yet. I will be interested in seeing where
this goes, especially with the arts and my interests in STEAM/STEM education.

Walker, T. (2016). Goodbye Core Subjects, Hello Well-Rounded Education. NEA Today Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.nea.org/home/69099.htm