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My name is Bill Ivey, and I am the Middle School Dean at Stoneleigh-Burnham School in Greenfield, MA. Among other things I do at SBS, I work with an advisory group, I teach a Humanities 7 course based on a democratic classroom model, I co-advise our student government group "MOCA," and I coordinate and volunteer in our Commnunity Service Program.
 
I believe very strongly that all communities work best when all voices are heard and when all members believe and trust in their own power, individually and collectively. I believe that it is doubly important to include student voices in middle schools, both for the immediate benefit to the school and for the longer-term benefit to society. I look forward to sharing ideas, strategies, questions, frustrations, successes and more as we here form a community and work to incorporate our students' voices into our schools.
 
Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
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Bill Ivey  27
01-31-2008 06:04 PM ET (US)
I attended an excellent conference with Rick Wormeli today (and another day tomorrow!). One thing he said that made me think of this group - the recommendation that students design their teacher evaluations. I sort of do that, in that I copy-paste the "What a good teacher does" list they generate at the beginning of the school year, and have them rate me on each attribute (e.g., "Teacher is caring: strongly agree." or "Teacher has a good sense of humour: diasgree." and yes, these are actual results). I could see my students being skilled at writing open-ended questions, too. I'd be interested in knowing what other ideas might be out there.
Take care,
Bill
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