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15 thoughts on “Summer Workshop Information”
The new workshop segment (two hours to begin our summer workshops) that Tina has created, the “Cycles of Instruction and Assessment” is in my view THE most exciting thing of the summer. Why?
Because for the first time ever in my own experience at summer conferences (neither Tina nor I will be at iFLT or NTPRS this year, by the way) we are going to learn how to align what we do in the classroom with a curricular document that lays out the whole year in a scope and sequence format that can be handed to an administer.
I find that very exciting. We can now slay the alignment bear and let it rest, or at least wound it and send it back to its cave, so we can go about our business of providing high quality CI to our students and not have to fight so much with unknowing people.
This is great news to hear, and I am definitely looking forward to that part! I have had a hard time fighting this year justifying and defending what I am doing in the classroom vs. what was done last year with some crazy 2nd year parents who aren’t happy with the “switch” to CI. It has been exhausting and disheartening and definitely an emotional drain. I am SO READY FOR SUMMER and in desperate need of a break!
Ryann I should have said this in March but I remember that for my last five years in the harness I would consciously begin to relax in early March. I knew that at that point there was nothing I could do to change the feeling of mild hopelessness that came rolling in like a green fog into the hallways of the building each spring.
I would consciously walk at half speed everywhere in the building. My internal mantra was, “If you can’t beat them join them.” I do not remember any evaluations or even observations going on after April. The admins are all thinking about next year, half are leaving, and so early March is a great time to begin summer vacation.
Tina is writing something very important actually this week about how our work aligns with WHAT IS SAID IN THE STANDARDS if not in the curriculum (which is usually just a reflection of the textbook), but on top of that she is writing something else -m a “what to do in May” list of options and, as a former social studies teacher, she has the end of the year project game down pat.
Last week she said to me, “Have you ever seen a social studies teacher actually work in the spring? I haven’t. They sit there at their desks and check off boxes and enjoy a cup of coffee or soda or iced tea all spring long. It’s social studies project time!” Now we are going to get guidelines on how to do that in spring. OR we could try to do some stories with the little lovelies. Hmmmm. I guess I’ll pick (a).
It really sucks when you have to fight and justify and defend. Sorry you had to go through that this year, Ryann. It looks like you are still standing, though!
Many here know that for our views on best practices Tina and I are no longer allowed on the iFLT list. On top of that, Michael Kundrat – the moderator of the moretprrs list, won’t publish our summer workshop schedule there. No reason given.
That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
Thank you Russ. Tina and I have spent more time than we have discussing why we can’t get some advertising for our workshops on the moralist [sic]*. And why we can’t get on the iFLT list? Other people get to advertise their summer trainings on there. From Michael we really got no answer. It was kind of like, “If I ignore them maybe they’ll go away.”
*autocorrect on this computer seems to have a psychic side to it. Has the morelist become a moralist entity?
You guys are so punk rock!
I now cannot even get an innocuous post celebrating the end of the year up on the more list.
It finally showed up.
Tina,
That Ode to Teachers is so beautiful. Thank you for the gift!
Thavk you. I was proud of it.
Tina why don’t you try to get our summer schedule past the moralist again?
Kristin posted your schedule on the iFLT ntprs group page. It’s on there.
That’s groovy.
I have to call it fab. Now if we can get it past the moralist it would be downright camp.