1. Genius Hour: YPAR in the Classroom
Kaitlyn Phillips // Spring 2017

2. Motivation: Youth Participatory Action Research
Students are empowered when we make space for their experiences
Build classroom community
Embolden student voices
Students develop concrete skills
Back their opinions w/ research
Advocate for themselves
Critically & productively question authority/status quo
Teachers foster and engage in parts of student growth that are often ignored
Personal/emotional development
How to engage in a more just democratic society
Discovering and developing interest

3. Timeline General Outline Completed Draft Peer Review: Week 10
Chose standards, associate activities/assignments
Develop/decide daily/weekly practices
Develop beliefs: homework, classroom management, grading scale, etc.
DUE: End of Week 6
Completed Draft
Fully develop activities
Define/Develop assessments and rubrics
Outline what class will look like daily
DUE: End of Week 9
Peer Review: Week 10
Project Due: Week 11

4. Goals Balance classroom teaching and research
Learn how to guide students through a YPAR model in a year-long ELA classroom environment
Develop curriculum around empathy and justice
Incorporate non-career purpose of school into the classroom -- being people and being curious makes us want to make the world better