Some people may be wondering what will happen with Innovation Academy next year, including me! Who will be the teacher? What courses will they be taking? What projects? Etc...
Today we brainstormed some long-term and short-term goals or changes that we could make for the Innovation Academy and the future innovators that will come in the next few years.
What I brainstormed:
Long term
Some ideas for the future IA was to make it 100% a school within a school, meaning that the IA will be Monday through Friday. I questioned if this was a great idea because there may be some people that are interested in taking a science class or humanities class.
A long-term goal I had thought about was to keep the mix of IB courses and Innovation Academy; even though this is not the best idea, I believe it will help each student get the experience from both.
One of the ideas that was proposed for the IA in the future wa to have an Engineering and Technology class since it's one of the most important topics we should learn in school, but we don't.
A great long-term goal for us could be to incorporate this class to our current schedule. Maybe not every one will be excited to take it but it is helpful to learn some of this, just as we learn finance to learn how to manage our money intelligently.
Short-term
This morning I had my individual meeting with Mr. Topf to review how I was doing in class, receive feedback, and come up with my final grade for each subject. I felt like this was very helpful for me to know what I can improve on, and we should continue to have these, but more frequently.
Also, I hope we continue collaborating with other professionals, business people, etc.
We met at the conference room in the PAC and as we watched a presentation, we gave ideas and discussed what could be the best idea for future innovators!
Today we brainstormed some long-term and short-term goals or changes that we could make for the Innovation Academy and the future innovators that will come in the next few years.
What I brainstormed:
Long term
Some ideas for the future IA was to make it 100% a school within a school, meaning that the IA will be Monday through Friday. I questioned if this was a great idea because there may be some people that are interested in taking a science class or humanities class.
A long-term goal I had thought about was to keep the mix of IB courses and Innovation Academy; even though this is not the best idea, I believe it will help each student get the experience from both.
One of the ideas that was proposed for the IA in the future wa to have an Engineering and Technology class since it's one of the most important topics we should learn in school, but we don't.
A great long-term goal for us could be to incorporate this class to our current schedule. Maybe not every one will be excited to take it but it is helpful to learn some of this, just as we learn finance to learn how to manage our money intelligently.
Short-term
This morning I had my individual meeting with Mr. Topf to review how I was doing in class, receive feedback, and come up with my final grade for each subject. I felt like this was very helpful for me to know what I can improve on, and we should continue to have these, but more frequently.
Also, I hope we continue collaborating with other professionals, business people, etc.
We met at the conference room in the PAC and as we watched a presentation, we gave ideas and discussed what could be the best idea for future innovators!