This is the time of year when we get notes from kids that surprise us and give us hope. I received one from the least likely source just yesterday which I will treasure. I have also received many from group members over the years. Just today I got one from a blog member that is […]
Tina had the idea to use the mostly unused Forum for five specific things to make things simpler and to lessen the dominance of any one thread here on the PLC. It’s a good idea. So the five new categories for the Forum, which should simplify things a lot, are: Curriculum Assessment Instruction Invisibles New
Warning: this blog post contains uncomfortably direct language that could be perceived as offensive but is not meant to offend more than it is to illustrate and defend the delicate balance needed to keep this community on the fast track to best practices in our CI instruction: Yesterday Jim asked in a comment field here.
Landen and I return home on Wednesday. A few days in NYC for some obligatory shows and on to Denver. It will be hard to say good bye to my friend and mentor, Linda Li, and her equally fantastic husband and buddy, Doug Asher, but I am happy to know that I will see them
Those new readers here who may be interested in the targeted vs. non-targeted discussion will find in a search of the terms hundreds of posts on this topic started in 2009 in connection to some communication with Dr. Krashen. It has been slow going. School districts seem in control of Dr. Krashen’s findings, if that can
Why did I include, in the preceding post, the part about Claire’s 11 kids? Because how many more are there like that in ESL and WL classes around the country? A million is a low number. And nobody is talking about these points. If we really are proponents of reform in language teaching then we
Claire reflects on her seminal document: … I paved this road and I am shouting at my friends to get on it and none are listening…. [ed. note: that is not going to happen here – only people who want to continue the broken status quo will avoid doing the deep reflection that this document deserves.]
https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=7EAFBE0D798F0F9A!11089&app=Word&authkey=!ADnOQmu6GpaWnPE Claire: Why I like my S & S: -measurable performances or behaviors that can show if kids attune or respond appropriately -performances are easy to turn into conversational instructional practices (storytelling) and rubrics that align -no culture* -it’s detailed enough that admin can see that there’s a lot going on behind the eyes for
Latin in St. Louis from John Becker Hi Ben, Could you pass on to the group that a HS Latin 1-AP position is open at Lafayette HS in St. Louis county? The easiest way to find the posting is to go to www.rsdmo.org, and click on the “Employment” tab. Then follow the link for Teachers.
Our PLC session at iFLT is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Carol and I have decided not to implement pre-registration for my sessions this year. As with the learning labs, seating / attendance for this session is on a first-come, first-served basis. That means once our session is full (reached capacity of 30), I
Diana Noonan on Scope and Sequence in Denver Public Schools: We (DPS) don’t necessarily have a curriculum but we do have a Scope and Sequence based on the top 100-200 vocabulary structures. What is essential to understand is that we don’t just pull obscure non-high-frequency structures out of a hat because we want our students to acquire
Kristen said today: …I have been asked to provide more documentation, assessments and curriculum maps with lessons to my admin to justify my work, and I am feeling overwhelmed and misunderstood…. This is most important, of critical importance. Everyone takes it as natural that, if a teacher wants to be in the good graces of
