Dear Rancho Parents,
As one of the fastest growing and increasingly diverse school districts in the United States, Irvine Unified remains committed to understanding the evolving needs of our students and to ensuring that each child has the highest educational experience we can envision. Every school in IUSD will participate in the student shadowing project this year. To that end, during the 2017-2018 school year, our school will launch a student shadowing project that involves a teacher spending the day at school with a student to see the school experience through that student’s eyes.
Last year, we piloted student shadowing with a smaller group of teachers and we learned that shadowing can help us understand our students’ needs, to empathize with challenges they face, and to record observations and insights so that we can personalize and improve their learning experiences.
If your student is selected, there will be a pre-conference with your student to ensure his or her comfort level and a post conference to capture additional insights about the experience. A student can always choose not to be shadowed; however, we are hopeful that the students selected will participate fully so that we have the opportunity to understand their unique perspectives.
Should you have additional questions about the student shadowing project, please feel free to review the information on our district website: https://iusd.org/about/departments/education-services/student-shadowing-project .
Sincerely,
Mike Modeer
Principal