You may remember that Crew Finch pledged to work cooperatively to improve their HOWL grades, after the last data drop saw them at the bottom of the school league table (more in this blog post.) . Well, it’s data drop time again and I look forward to seeing how my Crew have done with their academic HOWLs, which are set by their subject teachers.
As Crew Leader, I have the job of assessing them on their Crew HOWLs and – as we’re all in this together – I wanted to see if Crew agreed with my gradings. I gave Crew the opportunity to give their opinions on what each person should be graded, based on what they specifically bring to Crew, including:
- Do they participate fully and mindfully in all Crew activities and discussions?
- Do they arrive to Crew on time, with all the right equipment for the day?
- Do they show empathy and compassion to their fellow Crew members?
I was quite reassured to hear that the grades they would award to one another more or less matched the ones I had already given them. It was lovely to hear them talk about how they thought individual Crew members had improved, and advise on how they could continue to do so.
Whatever results we get, we will continue to focus on both academic improvement and personal growth, because this is what Crew does best: we encourage each other to become better versions of ourselves 🙂