Somebody once commented to me about the combined intellect we have on this blog and I heartily concur. There’s Robert doing his 50% and the rest of us doing our half so Robert doesn’t have to do it all.
And some of us, like Sabrina right now who is moving from Chicago to join our team in Denver Public Schools this year, get into periods of time when we can’t keep up with all we are doing, and in those times we should learn to rely on others in the group to respond to questions (especially questions from new people, which as you know is one of my prime focal points here on the PLC for this year).
I am in one such period right now as we start our year next week with kids in Denver Public Schools and Diana always provides a dynamic training so we are in the middle of that here.
Anyway, Rachel has some questions. Let’s all answer them!
Hi Ben,
My name is Rachel Martinez. I recently joined your PLC which I heard about through my very good friend Greg Stout. I just recently moved to CT and I am finding it hard to get a teaching job here. I would really love to teach private classes using TPRS because I truly believe it works, though I have not had the chance to use it personally in the classroom.
I want to use it in my private classes. I have several questions for you:
1. Can I use TPRS/CI in a one-one tutoring situation?
2. How often do you think I should recommend they come?
3. If I have no prior experience in teaching with TPRS, can I start with it?
4. Do you think adults will make a commitment? I come across a lot people who want to learn Spanish and they also ask me for advice and I usually feel hopeless in telling them that they should do xyz although I know they really just need some CI and meaningfulness. If you have any thoughts at all, please share them. I need as much advice as I can get!