Selecting an Assignment

Today my classes gathered together at a common time to discuss the potential projects. I took the projects that students gathered and modified them to be large enough for a large group of students to complete over the course of a month. Students debated between asking colleges the value of National Honor Society and Academic competitions for college admissions or asking all UIL 2A schools about their contentment with the split district alignments. (Our school was recently put into 2 separate 3A districts. One for just football based on size and one for all other activities based on location.)

After asking questions, the students decided on the 2A project. They are now assigned to create a non-biased survey to gather the information. Then they will conduct a census of all 2A schools contacting both the superintendent and the athletic director of each 2A schools. (A census is required as there are only 220 2A schools). Students were hoping that by doing such a large project they will be able to work on a project that matters.

Tomorrow, two students from each class who are not taking the AP test will volunteer to be team leaders. Team leaders will be the contact for the class on work to complete. Team leaders have the luxury of assigning grunt work to peers but also have the responsibility of making sure the project stays on schedule. Once team leaders are assigned, I will primarily give tasks to team leaders and allow them to delegate tasks to their team members.

The meeting today took 5 mins, and the team leader assignments should take no more than 10 mins. Below you will find the spreadsheet I posted for the students to discuss the potential projects.

Student Contact	Organization	Pitched Project	Barrett's Version
Marcus	Mrs. Crumpacker	Value of Honor Society vs Academic Competition	Develop a non-biased survey. Sample 100 colleges and universities across the nation, 50 across Texas, and all top 25 universities based by size
Zack	Coach Fedora	Campus's opinion of new alignment	Develop a non-biased survey. Survey a census of all 2A schools to see how they liked the split alignment
Kyle	Community Pool	What proportion of the Navasota population use the pool?	Develop a non-biased survey. Obtain a map of Navasota and determine usage by geographical segments of the city