Bliss Munoz works with Polly in Illinois. She has a question. It comes under the heading of re-educating administrators. Ain’t it amazing that by and large these folks don’t get what we do? Anyway, give Bliss some solid answers so she doesn’t have to sweat this uninformed dude. Anyone with a name like Bliss should get great answers.
Hi Ben,
My name is Bliss Muniz. I teach Spanish at a high school in Illinois. I have been using TPRS with my students for the past two and a half years. I’m so thankful my colleague Polly introduced it and you to me. To keep this short, I’ll cut right to the chase. I’m curious to know what you think about student-directed learning in TPRS. My evaluator mentioned not seeing this in the two class periods he observed at my summative meeting. We were creating a OWI in one class and students were individually reading a story in another class. I tried explaining that the students create the story (from my asking), and for the class that was reading, they were reading individually… I’m meeting with him again next week. What are your thoughts on student-directed learning with TPRS? Thank you for any insight!
Bliss Muniz