We have a jen and then another Jen in NJ, Jen Sparano. She needs urgent help and has come to the right place because I know that by tomorrow night she will have gotten some good answers from group members. Thanks in advance to all who help in getting this thing solved:
Dear Ben,
I am so glad to have renewed my membership with the PLC now that things are falling into place for me both professionally and personally….I need the immediate help of PLC members, if at all possible by Wednesday evening because my department is meeting with the new administration on Thursday morning for 3 hours. Our purpose is to define the parameters and scope and sequence of the new Advanced level of each course (Spanish I, Spanish II, and French II). We will review our present curriculum for CP (and/or Conversational), and then build our new courses using this foundation. We will also lay the groundwork for our re-write of our World Language curricula, scheduled for later this year.
One of my colleagues and I teach with TPRS/CI methods, the other 3 teachers use traditional methods. My colleague and I teach all level 1 Spanish but we must share level 2 with one of the other traditional colleagues. We would love to be able to be the only ones to teach levels 1 and 2 with CI before they go on.
I’d love to be directed to any PDFs or whatever to make a noon isee pitch for why my colleague and I should keep the lower levels (at least) to ourselves. Our supervisor (who is an English teacher) is actually very supportive of what we have told her about TPRS and secretly wrinkles her nose at the other traditional colleagues in my department. What can I LITERALLY bring to the table to support this change.
Sincerely,
Jen Sparano
