Regina, a teacher that attended one of my BER seminars last year, is using Special Person interviews in her Spanish 1 and Spanish 3 classes. She has some implementation questions: Hi Regina, These are good questions. For more information, look on the Special Person Interviews section on the Free [...]
Shayna, an AP Spanish teacher and reader of this blog writes: Hi Bryce, I've spent my 10-year career teaching Spanish at a private high school. I am very intrigued by CI, but as an AP Spanish teacher, I'm concerned that if I abandon some of my traditional teaching methods, [...]
Berit Gordon's book No More Fake Reading is worth looking through. There will be quotes by Gordon and many other noteworthy classroom teachers and researchers in the handbook accompanying my new seminar: Best Reading Strategies to Accelerate Fluency and Proficiency in the Target Language See a seminar description and find [...]
I will be presenting seminars for the Bureau of Education and Research (www.ber.org) starting in December. BER is the leading provider of professional development and PD training resources for educators in North America. You have undoubtedly seen their maroon colored brochures for other excellent seminars in your school mail box [...]
Did a seminar in Seattle this week (the 5th of 5 this month) for the Institute for Educational Development, a division of the Bureau of Education and Research (BER). 62 enthusiastic attendees. Fabulous group! Saw some old friends and made some new ones. Woven throughout every aspect of the [...]