During week four, I've been able to put together some of the rough details for a project-based unit I'm developing for this school year. I feel like I've got pretty good idea of how individuals fill specific roles during a project at The Principal. Now I'm looking forward to using those roles as guides for students. I think one of the hardest things for students to do is to realistically picture themselves in a job or role. By defining and assigning roles in a similar way to how they are divided up in a real-world scenario, I think students can have a better understanding of how responsibilities are divided. If we also start to use the titles that are used in business, they can also try to imagine themselves doing these jobs, giving them a chance to evaluate a career choice in at least a small way.
In one of the meetings this week, I had a chance to bounce my role possibilities off the group I was with. One of the cool ideas that came out of the discussion was a suggestion for having individuals who act in similar roles visit the class. This was interesting because when we have guest speakers in class, they typically are there because of how they can add to the content of unit. A guest speaker to share information about a specific role or answer questions from students about struggles they are having in their roles is a little different approach for me. I imagine these visits would have a greater impact sometime into the project timeline to give the students a chance to identify some difficulties, but early enough so they can use the suggestions. The group also discussed how the work of each individual reflected on the group as a whole. Tasks that are assigned to an individual are signed off on by the group and they collaborate to create the best end result possible. If the end result isn't great, they are all accountable. I'll be sharing this expectation with my students.
Here are a few of the role titles I'm thinking about using and will be working on translating the real-world responsibilities to the responsibilities of my students:
-Team Lead
-Project Manager or Business Analyst
-Data Analyst
-Resource Supplier
-Quality Assurance
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