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Report from the Field #1 – Beth Sims
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5 thoughts on “Report from the Field #1 – Beth Sims”
I had a similar experience from Ben and the work. I devoured his books so I went over them again and again, and still do – even though I’m not teaching right now! And he is always so encouraging and supportive. I think you are going to LOVE your year, Beth.
HELP! I have been teaching for 25 years (using the old method). I retired at the end of the year and felt very sad and upset about this decision. About one week ago I got offered a position in another state. The teachers that are there use TPRS. I have been reading everything that I can find on line. I really want to do this but I know that I have to take a deep breath and relax before I can even think about how I am going to proceed.
I would ask what levels you will be expected to teach. If they want you to take kids already trained in TPRS it won’t work. They need to give you all level 1s and compete support while you slowly transition over the course of the year from doing CI during the last five to ten min. of class and slowly moving to where you are doing it the whole class in spring.
I don’t do well with TPRS. It’s too confusing and too tied to curricular demands. It might be a real leap to try to fit into a situation like that. My problems w TPRS are listed here:
https://benslavic.com/blog/hit-list-of-8/
So I prefer the new kind of CI found in the Natural Approach books.
I would say go for it if it weren’t in another city. That really complicates it.
Thank you. Which book would you suggest I read before starting CI?
It depends bc if you go with that TPRS department in the new school you would want to do TPRS I guess. I will follow this up with a private email.