Protocol Overview and Instructions: 
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The Ottawa Area Intermediate School District’s (OAISD) futurePREP Program is the strategic implementation of our community’s
vision that all students need (1) to graduate with two “transcripts” . . . academic skills and career readiness skills . . . and (2) a system
for measuring their progress toward those goals, and (3) robust opportunities to attain them.

Skills for Success Protocol Instructions​

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Educator Thoughts:
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I created a google form to send out to our students at HFBL and see what their current thoughts/ ideas about active listening were. Now that I have an idea of what they currently believe and are doing I am able to have individual discussions with students on what Active Listening is and how to improve this. We did an empathy map for two hypothetical students at HFBL
I think the two students that contributed to the activity thought about the student and placed themselves in the students shoes and practiced empathy and thought deeply from two views. I think it was an interesting activity because the actual students that did the empathy map tend to be on both sides of the map of a student that struggles with communication/ listening and can also excel with communication as well. Overall I felt like the students liked having a break from their core classes and were able to think in a creative/ imaginative way. A challenge that we have at HFBL is that 99% of our students are behind in their course work and need to catch up. I feel like we do a lot of life teaching, but that is typically outside of our curriculum and it is difficult to have authentic conversation when activities are planned for our students.

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Student Quote:
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"I find it to stay still when I am supposed to listen so I use fidget toys/ rings.” “I need to have interactive instruction to truly grasp the material or I need to have previous knowledge/ interest to actively listen."
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Meet the Educator:

​Social Studies Teacher- Hamilton Flexible Blended Learning: 7 years

     "I love giving students ownership of their learning through the design/creative thinking process. It is powerful and rewarding when as an educator you can step back and see real world skills come into play while learning at the same time."