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Adapting
Project LEGAL
to Improve Citizenship and Character in Region 10
Our Staff:
• Dr. Gregory Hodge, Director (FDA Principal)
• Dr. Jim Carroll, Chief Consultant (Syracuse University)
• Joe Montecalvo, Technology Consultant (Syracuse University)
• Fred Fisher, P.T. Staff Developer• Art Fortin, P.T. Staff Developer• Dr. Gil Turchin, Evaluator (SPEZ, Inc.)
Adapting Is Our Vision for
Transforming Teaching and
Learning
The Adapting Philosophy Is
Illustrated in this Peanuts Cartoon
So, what is
Project LEGAL and
How Are We “Adapting” It?
Project LEGAL Overview
Project LEGAL (Law-related Education: Goals for American Leadership)
• Created in 1976 by Director, Jim Carroll, Ph.D. as an infusion project into American history courses
Project LEGAL
• New York State validation in 1979
Project LEGAL
• USDE validation in 1982, 1992 & 1996
Project LEGAL
• Has been implemented in thirty four states
• Hungary, Croatia, and the US Virgin Islands
Project LEGAL
• Since 1983, adoption schools in over 1500 school districts
Project LEGAL’s Validated Objectives
• Significant student growth in knowledge and comprehension of the U.S. Legal/Judicial System.
• Significant student growth in law-related problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Other LEGAL projects:
CRITICAL 1996—Present(Harlem: Gifted Ed & PPA)TIPS 1999—2006 (Bronx: Tech
Skills in content areas & PPA)CHARACTER 2002—2007
(Harlem: CEPPA)LTG 2002—Present (many sites:
tech skills: PPA)
Adapting’s Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning Students learn by constructing
their own knowledge through our models for problem solving: The Public Policy Analyst and CompuLEGAL.
Adapting’s Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning
Teachers serve as co-learners,
mentors, coaches and resources to engage students to use technologies to solve problems, think critically and answer their own questions.
Adapting’s Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning Classrooms have Internet
connectivity and bring in virtual experts through virtual reference desks (e.g., Ask-A-LEGAL Eagle).
Adapting’s Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning
Our website contains numerous
applications, links, and virtual reference desks that support research, analysis, problem solving and communications, and these electronic resources will expand under Adapting.
Adapting
Project LEGAL
to Improve Citizenship and Character in Region 10:
Teacher Expectations
Teacher ExpectationsTo integrate LEGAL’s Public Policy
Analyst and/or CompuLEGAL into U.S. History or P.I.G. courses through WebQuests and PowerPoint Lessons to improve Student Performance on state tests and LEGAL’s validated tests.
Specific Expectations
Pre- and Post-testing
2 WebQuests (online lesson plans)
4 Release Day workshops
Adapting’s Problem Solving ModelsCompuLEGAL: An interactive case method to analyze over 60
landmark Supreme Court cases & Ask-A-LEGAL Eagle: a virtual reference desk
-American History (grades 7,8,11,12)
– P.I.G. (grade 11,12)
• PPA: The Public Policy Analyst (PPA): Students develop policy solutions for social problems- P.I.G. (grade 11,12): PPA- Global History (grade 9, 10): IPPA,GHPPA- American History: AHPPA
Samples of TIPSComputer Resources• Ask-A LEGAL Eagle• CompuLEGAL• The Public Policy Analyst (PPA)• CRITICAL Lessons
In Closing
Adapting Is Our Vision for
Transforming Teaching and
Learning
Please Make Adapting Your Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning and…
Keep Your Deck Chairs Facing
Forward!!!