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Report from the Field – Inger Moran
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4 thoughts on “Report from the Field – Inger Moran”
Inger,
In my experience enrollment will go up if the teacher uses CI and teaches from the heart. It sounds like you have started this year doing that. Awesome!
As far as the other teachers in your district: Forget about them. Close your door and figure your stuff out this year. That’s just my opinion, though. Next year you can start inviting people in to see you if they want, although probably not many at all will take you up on the offer. For now, just get yourself straight and love your students. Forget everyone else. I have been able to avoid conflict the past couple of years by doing just that. And my numbers have gone up, too!
“I am on an island, though. I don’t know of any other teacher in my district who uses CI. Perhaps I will get some converts eventually!”
Ditto! I’m on an island (MV) and last year I think I was the only one teaching with CI. But, at the end of the year, I invited the Assistant Superintendent (AS) and the freshmen high school teacher. The AS was an instant convert. The other teacher works in a system that tells her how to grade, what percentages she has to give to each category, what verbs she has to teach, and a Dept. Head that is openly “grammar-oriented.” So the freshmen teacher is doing her best to incorporate CI where she can. She said today, “I could not have done it and felt good about doing it if it had not been for your influence and support. I know it is not pure, but the comprehensible input, repetition, and emphasis on understanding is present. I am still trying to find the right mix and method to bring what I want… but it is 100% better than last year.” I just HAVE TO share the glory of TCI. I recently sent the following message to all other elementary teachers on MV and also sent it to the high school FL Dept. Head:
“Let the results do the talking. 6th graders received about 1 hour daily for 7 weeks this summer. The link will bring you to the video of some of the RESULTS from these 7 weeks. This was an unannounced oral exam. The students had never independently practiced this activity and only 2-3 times had done this in a group over the course of the 7 weeks. The students had never before seen these storyboards. I never gave homework. I never had students “practice” speaking (no role-playing). I never taught grammar rules, except for taking a few seconds every once in a while to point out verb endings, etc. I never had students memorize vocab or rules. The students mostly listened and read. Keep in mind, these are 6th graders in rural Honduras who have to deal with poverty and all it’s nasty implications (little access to print, low literacy levels, family problems, low attendance, etc.). But I consider these to be impressive results for any program, anywhere.”
Check out the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT_2b6n9O9k&feature=share&list=PL8JqpkCp61R5fhrNLCi5OZfZVLFGm5rDR
I will be uploading all 34 videos from this summer. I only have 7 classes uploaded now. Editing and uploading is a slow process. The quality of filming does improve after the first week when I get someone to move the camera. Teachers can observe some TCI methods, most notably TPR, TPRS, and MovieTalk, and English students can get some more CI.
Thanks for the encouragement! Last week, my county-wide supervisor popped in (with about 8 other admins!) for a surprise visit of all language classrooms. Afterwards, my supervisor said that she loved how much TL I was using and that she was going to send another teacher to observe me so that this other teacher could see how the TL can be done in a level 1 class. When they came in, we were knee deep in PQA!
Great news, Inger!