In Part 2- our second round of Walking Interviews we asked the following questions: 

1) Can you name 3 adults at school that believe you will be a success?  

2) What have they done to show you that back? 

3) What is one big idea that you are learning about in your class?  

Data/Responses

Question 1- 

95% of the students interviewed could give the name of three adults. What was interesting was that it was not always the student's current teacher that was named.  

Question 2- Lots of great comments were gleaned from this section- These positive comments from students were shared with staff during staff meetings and weekly updates sent out to staff through emails. Some examples are included here:

Student: "They always respected my opinions and decisions...really gave me confidence.  They are always willing to help me when I needed it.  Always cheered me on and encouraged me."

Student: "Have asked what I want to be when I grow up...said I’d be a great Dr. As I am caring.  Lots of kind things to say about me."

Student: "Asked me to be a leader in gym and encouraged me to volunteer.  Written feedback telling me I did good work."

Student: "They push me to reach my potential."

Student: "Teach me things.  Correct me when needed.  They tell me they believe in me." 

Question 3- Not many students were able to correctly "articulate" this piece of evidence. In many cases the answers are to be best summarized by this statement: Student knows the topics they are studying but doesn’t recall the big ideas.  Remembers they talked about it in class. But is not able to recall the actual Big Idea.