This is a unique take on developing a philosophy of teaching. My student teacher had a bad experience at another school in the area before courageously asking to be reassigned. She contrasts what she saw and experienced there with what she has seen and done in this classroom in [...]
Here are the reflections on a recent classroom observation by Bridget Webster, a middle school French teacher. Her heartfelt and keen observations will help to encourage teachers that are considering taking the plunge into Teaching with Comprehensible Input (TCI). Bridget has been teaching for three years and is relatively new to [...]
I have been grateful to have publisher and author Contee Seely observe my classes two times so far this year. Being watched by someone that literally wrote the book on TPRS (Fluency through TPR Storytelling, with Blaine Ray) could have been an intimidating experience, but Contee is so gracious [...]
In the previous post I showed the latest version of the participation poster. The question now will be how is participation measured. Many teacher try a daily points system but find it is just too hard to keep up with. They don't always have time after class to mark scores for [...]
I feel so fortunate to be able to observe outstanding teachers from time to time as I travel. Last month I had the privilege of observing two in California: Doug Stone and Alina Filipescu. I will share more observations in the weeks ahead, but today I want to focus [...]
Last week Jon Cowart, the lead world languages teacher from a school in inner-city Memphis, Tennessee, came to observe. Since he was investing an entire day, I adjusted the class schedule so that he could see a variety of activities that we typically do over the course of several days. The students [...]