My students have been doing work with classroom teachers all over our school. Most of their help has been in the area we call "nuts and bolts": decorate a door, take down decorations. A few kids have ventured into the academic areas with their cooperating teachers help. The next step in our reaching out to other teachers is to become more proficient as an academic helper.
The kids have learned to write business letters (informal ones) and have compose proposals to the teachers following the following format.
Salutation
Paragraph 1: "I propose that I/we would like to be more active in classroom academics, especially in the area of .... (proposal)
P 2: These are the things I think I need to do to be sucsessful... (strategeies)
P3: If you agree, I will need your help in the following ways... (assistance/supervision/accountability)
P4: Summation
Closing/Signature
I asked them to anticipate questions the teacher may have about the proposal and to try to answer those questions in the letter. Judge how they did.
MHH
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