Hi Ben!
Thanks to your putting me in touch with Alisa Shapiro, I got to see her classroom in action recently and returned again for a TCI Chicagoland meeting this Saturday. There was an AWESOME demo of story listening by Sean Lawler that I can’t wait to try out tomorrow in class. I also have to share what was a really special and confidence soaring moment for me—we were discussing Special Person interviews, and my colleague said “Go ahead and demo!” I pulled up my slideshow and did a 5 minute demo in English where we spun out lots of great questions—my interviewee said she liked to sing in the shower, I asked her to show the class, she said she liked to play accordion in the shower, I asked the class if she was very talented/if this was dangerous. Afterwards, the very talented educators who have changed Winnetka’s district to solely TCI told me I did a great job and asked great follow up questions—and asked if I could share my slideshow!
In my 2nd year teaching I’m so grateful to feel a sense of mastery and enjoy my profession so much. There’s nothing like going to something like this and coming back to school next week with low-prep, low-stress, awesome methods that will get my students interacting with the target language. Thanks for all you do!
Best,
Meg
