Kate sends us her bio. She is part of that awesome group of leaders up in Maine: Hi Ben et al, My name is Kate Legere and I teach French to grades 3-12 at Islesboro Central School.  Islesboro is a small, non-bridged island in Maine.  I’ve been teaching 18 years in 4 different districts in […]

Hey Everyone! I am going to be teaching in Costa Rica this winter in a semester program for students in grades 10-12: www.Cirenas.org There are still some spots available, and scholarships, too! It is a really exciting program– set on a 5,000 acre ranch on the Pacific! Plus, the Spanish program is 100% CI! If

Here is a biography from Diane, a Mandarin Chinese teacher in Chicagoland: Hi Ben, I grew up in Ohio and majored in East Asian Studies in college (Wittenberg University, 1995) and had a few jobs and other studies after college. I lived in Yunnan Province, China from 2001-2004. While in China, I took one-on-one classes

Dori shared with Karen something we should all be aware of as a technique to use at parent conferences: I thought I’d share something that worked for me last year–maybe it will work for you, maybe not. But I thought I’d share. At parent-teacher conferences a rather weak student came with his parents who weren’t

We’ll see if this idea works – I am going to create a new category here for novels that are currently available. Kind of a book review section. We’ll arrange it by beginning (1 and 2) and intermediate (3 and 4) levels. If you want to suggest a novel that you think is worthy of

I just added a few sentences to what a 2 is. Feel free to use or reject. It’s in blue below: I’m really fired up about how jGR has changed my entire classroom energy this year. It is a strong classroom discipline tool – the strongest one possible because of its message to all kids about

It is more than reasonable to offer newer teachers, who naturally need practice with the basic TPRS/CI skills of Circling and SLOW, etc., some options to stories that work with kids and give them that needed practice before they even try a story. The activities described on the Resource page of this site on the

Here is a bio from Charlotte: Hi Group, I am Charlotte Rempel Kroeker and I am now entering my 29th year of teaching German as a second language in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I helped pioneer the German Bilingual Program in Winnipeg at the Kindergarten level in 1984 and then progressed through teaching Grades 1, 2

I would like to nominate Karen for Teacher of the Week in our group, because she just so much tells it like it is here, in a comment made last week: …I’m willing to have a somewhat rough year and figure it’s a little like being a first-year teacher again. The goal is worth it:

Karen said this: ….[What] is up with these bratty egotistical kids that think they know how to teach a language better than a language teacher?… The obvious answers are parents and TV shows – the kids often grow up with those kinds of images of what a teacher is. But, as per the prayer of our

The text below is from the Teacher’s Discovery website. Never in my career would I have dreamed that such a wonderful opportunity would have come my way. The text in bold is the great part. We are indeed lucky to be teaching at a time when we can get this kind of support from corporations:

Chris continues: Ben, Remember that video I set to you about the newest, most awesome thing in the world of Spanish education?  Remember?  Remember that awesome digital textbook Voces?  If not, I will resend you the email.  If you do remember, keep on reading.  Below is an email I”m forwarding to you from Teacher’s Discovery,