YES, I have an IEP! Rock Climbing, Fort Building and Glass Fusing: Risky Playing My Way to College, Career and Beyond!
Black and Brown students with IEP's PLAY at high heights, PLAY near dangerous elements, PLAY with dangerous tools where class becomes an exPLAYatory Lab.
Leader
Mischelle Brown
Location
1700 MARKET STREET Oakland, CA 94607-2008
About the project
This project explores how 3 of the 8 characteristics of Risky Play,
1) PLAY at High Heights,
2) PLAY with Dangerous Tools, and
3) PLAY near Dangerous Elements
transform a Special Education (SPED) middle school classroom for students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) into a Risky Play, classroom without walls, exPLAYatory Lab in partnership with:
THE CRUCIBLE Industrial Arts School and
PACIFIC PIPE Rock Climbing Gym.
March 2ND AND 9TH
Glassblowing
Jewelry Metalsmithing
March 16 AND 23
Glass fusing
Ceramics
March 30 AND APRIL 20
Blacksmithing
Leatherworking
APRIL 13
Rock climbing
April 27 and MAY 4
Welding: Arc & Oxy
Welding: MIG & Plasma
The Steps
Collaborate with community organizations that provide program services Fall 2021
Create a list of programming offerings November 2021
Identify BLACK and BROWN students January 2022
Identify IOBY as crowdfunding platform program February 2022
LAUNCH PROGRAM - March 2022
SOFT LAUNCH IOBY CROWDFUNDING
Continuous stream of THANK YOUS to STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, FUNDERS, DONORS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SPONSORS, FRIENDS
Collect data and translate Industrial Arts into California 7th grade level content and standards in GEOMETRY, SCIENCE, WRITING and PE March - May 2022
FINAL STUDENT EXHIBITION/RECEPTION for participants, donors, funders, families and community May 2022 (in person and online)
SEND FINAL THANK YOUS to participants, funders, donors, families, community partners, sponsors June 2022
Examine data, create curriculum, reflect on project GLOWS and GROWS June 2022 and Reset and Prepare for Fall class 2022
Why we‘re doing it
Brief back story: Black and Brown middle school students at my school who have Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) are reading at a 3rd grade level per their STAR and F&P Reading score assessments. Historically students like mine will not graduate from high school, or go to college, or find a worthy career. In the exPLAYatory Lab however, my students are exploring possible career passions through Fort Building, Rock Climbing and Glass Fusing at an Industrial Arts School and Rock Climbing School.
This exPLAYatory Lab curriculum also aligns with California 7th grade content and standards for Science, PE, Geometry and Writing. Where Rock climbing becomes Physics and PE, Fort building becomes Geometry and Welding and Glass fusing becomes Chemistry and Writing. Where translating Industrial Arts and Rock climbing to career can look like Rock climber = Geologist, Fort builder = General Contractor, Glass Fuser = Art Conservator.