{"id":21069,"date":"2018-03-02T09:05:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T15:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/?p=21069"},"modified":"2018-03-02T11:54:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T17:54:25","slug":"february-student-council-progress-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/2018\/03\/02\/february-student-council-progress-report\/","title":{"rendered":"February Student Council Progress Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey IMSA,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Student Council is proud to present our second installment of project updates. The following sections shed light on what work Student Council is currently doing, and hopefully, you can find a project that you believe will improve an aspect of your life at IMSA. Each section has a project name, project members, purpose, progress, and future plans. If you have any questions, feel free to ask any Student Council member.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Sincerely, <\/em><\/span>
\n Kiersten Lofton<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Project Name: Course Evaluation Guide<\/strong>
\nProject Leader & Members: Srivinay Tummarakota, Ray Shang
\nPurpose: To help students make well-informed course selections by creating an annual guide comprising of student advice and statistics relating to course engagement, difficulty, hours of homework per week, and hours of studying per test.
\nProgress: The Course Evaluation Guide project is complete and can be accessed here<\/a>! A reflection meeting was held to discuss further improvements that can be made to next year\u2019s guide.
\nFuture Plans: None<\/p>\n

Project Name: Teacher Profiles<\/strong>
\nProject Leader & Members: Surya Cannon, Kiersten Lofton
\nPurpose: To help students identify the teachers that can help them the best by creating profiles of each teacher containing information about teachers\u2019 hobbies, advice, and experiences.
\nProgress: Two weeks worth of teacher profiles have been released. You can view them here<\/a>. 
\nFuture Plans: StudCo members will continue to interview teachers until all teacher profiles have been completed. More teacher profiles will be released within the next weeks.<\/p>\n

Project Name: New Teacher Surveys<\/strong>
\nProject Leader & Members: Kiersten Lofton, Rebecca Xun, Gloria Huang
\nPurpose: To analyze current methods of giving feedback to new teachers, and looking for ways to improve the process of new teachers transitioning to IMSA
\nProgress: Student Council members have presented to the Curriculum and Assessment Leaders (CALs) and are currently waiting on feedback to the program.
\nFuture Plans: After receiving CAL feedback, Student Council will consider implementing surveys during 4th quarter.<\/p>\n

Project Name: Athletes Missing Classes<\/strong>
\nProject Leader & Members: Sophie Pribus, Darius Hong
\nPurpose: To help student athletes missing classes with academics through the creation of a notes website.
\nProgress: The team has decided to create an online database of notes from various classes, so that student athletes, and students in general, may easily refer to information they may have missed without having to inconveniently ask other students. These notes have been compiled by peer tutors, but the website has been built to accept submissions from all students.
\nFuture Plans: The website will be released after review and approval from faculty.<\/p>\n

Project Name: Flow Forward<\/strong>
\nProject Leader & Members: Rebecca Xun, Surya Cannon, Diego Alanis
\nPurpose: To provide the IMSA student body free menstruation products.
\nProgress: The facilities staff has agreed to provide menstrual projects free of charge in all of the all-gender and female bathrooms on campus.
\nFuture Plans: Project is complete, any possible feedback will be taken into consideration to make further improvements.<\/p>\n

Project Name: Service Learning Reform <\/strong>
\nProject Leader & Members: Gloria Huang, Srivinay Tummarakota
\nPurpose: To redesign the questions on the service learning form based on student opinions and also move the service learning form to an electronic platform
\nProgress: Alex Johnson, head of service learning, said that she is working on moving the Service Learning Form to an electronic platform known as \u201cHelper-Helper.” She is currently working on securing funding for the application. Student Council has also created a revised service learning form with modifications to the reflection questions. The revised form will be evaluated more thoroughly once the service learning form is moved to the electronic platform.
\nFuture Plans: Once funding is secured happens, StudCo members can meet with Ms. Johnson to discuss and potentially implement revisions to the form itself.<\/p>\n

Project Name: Sodexo Snack Bar<\/strong>
\nProject Leader & Members: Mark Lou, Harrison Carcione
\nPurpose: To have a snack bar with various snack foods that would be available during hours when Sodexo does not operate
\nProgress: StudCo members met with Glenn Yehling, Sodexo Executive Chef, to discuss the possibility of having a snack bar.
\nFuture Plans: Logistical issues about the snack bar still need to be addressed. Some of these include the amount of money that would be generated from a snack bar and the types of foods that the snack bar would have.<\/p>\n

Project Name: Faculty Information about Mental Health Leave<\/strong>
\nProject Leader & Members: Srivinay Tummarakota, Radeesha Jayewickreme
\nPurpose: To learn about the information teachers receive about students with mental health conditions, and see if avenues of communication can be improved
\nProgress: StudCo members have talked to various students to learn more about what students would want the communication avenues to be. StudCo members have also met with Dr. Bob to discuss the project further.
\nFuture Plans: Members will meet with the CACs to learn more about the communication between teachers and students who are placed on mental health leave.<\/p>\n

Project Name: Sophomore Navigation Module Revision<\/strong>
\nProject Leader & Members: Gloria Huang
\nPurpose: To analyze sophomore navigation modules, and possibly revise modules with a focus on academic support and resources on campus.
\nProgress: The Academic Support module was revised from being a tour showing IMSA resources (writing center, ITMC, etc.) to being a simulation where sophomores would go through the process of asking for help from the resources at IMSA. The module was completed, and is now undergoing revisions for next year.
\nFuture Plans: A StudCo representative will meet with the counselors to discuss the revisions to the module.<\/p>\n

Project Name: RC 1 on 1s<\/strong>
\nProject Leader & Members: Vinay Tummarakota and Connor Elmore
\nPurpose: To help nurture strong relationships and establish a sense of trust between students and the residential counselors in their assigned hall.
\nProgress: A project proposal has been created and project leaders have done L&L (listening & learning) with several students within the student body to get feedback.
\nFuture Plans: Members plan on meeting with Ms. Berger to further discuss this project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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