Comparing and Contrasting two SpartaTimes... by Kelvin Cyrus

low student movement

2025-02-10 19:43:02 UTC

Students could actually hang out with their friends when it was part of lunch

2025-02-10 19:43:22 UTC

Relationship

2025-02-10 19:43:42 UTC

Gives the opportunity to build relationships based on common interests.

3rd block was separate from lunch with made it not an interruption

2025-02-10 19:43:49 UTC

Interests.

2025-02-10 19:44:12 UTC

Gives the students the opportunity to pursue their interests.

Students were able to get physical activity and arts opportunities

2025-02-10 19:44:16 UTC

2025-02-10 19:44:30 UTC

Students could explore interests and have a time where they find balance between demand and interest.

2025-02-10 19:44:31 UTC

Kids found a place (example- board games, core group of students that would come every week), deeper relationships formed

2025-02-10 19:44:39 UTC

Students had choices

meganlavalley — 2025-02-10 19:44:39 UTC

Eventually, there was less regulation on what teachers offered so there were almost too many choices.

2025-02-10 19:44:40 UTC

More difficult to police who is attending which event.

2025-02-10 19:44:52 UTC

Shared interests that helped form relationships and community

teachers didn't put in their schedules or take attendance

2025-02-10 19:45:06 UTC

2025-02-10 19:45:08 UTC

Students and staff know where kids are supposed to be.

2025-02-10 19:45:16 UTC

Students were not where they were supposed to be. Fewer seats avaliable

skipping

2025-02-10 19:45:19 UTC

2025-02-10 19:45:23 UTC

Students know where they are supposed to go each day, and it is easy to check where they should be.

2025-02-10 19:45:43 UTC

Too much student movement in the halls. Staff asked to police halls and that practice was contradictory to building relationships and passion

2025-02-10 19:45:44 UTC

Inflexible for teachers and students alike.

students get help from different teachers, same core

2025-02-10 19:45:46 UTC

Kids can't be in more than one club

2025-02-10 19:45:47 UTC

meganlavalley — 2025-02-10 19:45:49 UTC

Difficult to have small group REM. (even when you have differentiated things for them to do, students will be pulling the teacher in a million different directions anyways)

little movement

2025-02-10 19:45:56 UTC

because of club limitations, some clubs have gone from 30+ students to 5 or 10

2025-02-10 19:46:08 UTC

All students were remediated one hour per day in scheduled subject area.

2025-02-10 19:46:08 UTC

Not clear expectations about what each teacher should do with each student during this period.

more opportunity for community involvement

2025-02-10 19:46:17 UTC

2025-02-10 19:46:22 UTC

Less student movement .

2025-02-10 19:46:27 UTC

Students had less choices

Students who have zero need for remediation are either doing nothing or are taking time away from those who need remediation

2025-02-10 19:46:35 UTC

meganlavalley — 2025-02-10 19:46:42 UTC

Students could see teachers that they feel safe with

2025-02-10 19:46:45 UTC

Students received help in core subject areas

students sitting in rooms with nothing to do (open rooms essentially) when they do not have REM work.

2025-02-10 19:46:50 UTC

2025-02-10 19:46:55 UTC

Students are not able to attend/ be part of as many organizations as they were before. Limits involvement.

all students get extra time with each teacher equally

2025-02-10 19:47:10 UTC

Research shows that remediating only has a low positive effective compared to acceleration/ enrichment

2025-02-10 19:47:16 UTC

2025-02-10 19:47:38 UTC

Does this time really close the gaps in student learning? How is it grouped? Grades, missing work vs. standards learned or missing?

not all teachers providing space

2025-02-10 19:48:29 UTC

2025-02-10 19:48:40 UTC

Lots of students found other places to go and did not sign up for places to go during Sparta Time.

not taking attendance

2025-02-10 19:48:46 UTC

2025-02-10 19:48:57 UTC

Is the remediation really taught differently than what is taught in class already? Enrichment in an area is more positive and studies show is more effective.

teachers allowing students to sit in their classroom and NOT be on their attendance roster

2025-02-10 19:49:04 UTC

students roaming/ not going to where they were supposed to go with no consequences

2025-02-10 19:49:05 UTC

small counseling groups

2025-02-10 19:49:50 UTC

some teachers do not get a PLC

2025-02-10 19:50:08 UTC

meganlavalley — 2025-02-10 19:50:55 UTC

Besides in the hallway, students do not see anyone they don't have a class with. (unless they are lucky enough to have their assigned lunch with their friends)

students can't be involved with as many clubs

2025-02-10 19:52:13 UTC

MTSS kids never get REM with certain teachers

2025-02-10 19:56:18 UTC

only canceled sparta one due to not enough coverage

2025-02-10 20:31:09 UTC

More Sparta Time Cancellations

2025-02-11 15:02:30 UTC

There were more Sparta Time cancellations because of teacher absences and NO TEACHER COVERAGE available.

Less Sparta Time Cancellations

2025-02-11 15:03:28 UTC

Sparta Time will less likely be cancelled because of available Teacher Coverage