On Thursday, Sept. 12 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time, I will do a free webinar on the Teacher’s Discovery and Voces Digital Facebook Pages: https://www.facebook.com/VocesDigital/ . If you are interested in the topic, please consider checking it out. If you cannot make it, it says that it will be archived on the Teacher’s Discovery Youtube …
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Let this be a little source of inspiration as we all head back to the classroom. This is the NTPRS 2019 Coaching Team reminding us that WE ARE A CI FAMILY. All of the Coaching Team Members from NTPRS, IFLT, AGEN, and any other conferences or PLCs using our Coaching pod model want you to …
Continue reading Let the Coaching Team Remind You: WE ARE A CI FAMILY
Well this will be a first for me: my shortest blog post. I just wanted to share that I found these awesome jumbo-stacking baskets at my local Home Depot to organize my props and costumes. I am always thrilled to find a new stuffed animal, costume, or prop and add it to my collection, but …
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Happy 2018-19 school year! I wanted to take the time and share a strategy, or better yet, a framework for learning and assessment that I use as one of the tenants in my Spanish IV classes and at the end of Spanish III. This framework is preparing students for a Socratic Circle or Socratic Seminar, …
Continue reading Socratic Circles as Assessment ~ the Why and How
Returning to the well for a yearly conference is rejuvenating and special. This week I am in the middle of two weeks of attending two amazing weeklong conferences – NTPRS and IFLT. I am sure both will provide tremendous amounts of growth opportunities for me as an educator and as a trainer and coach (which …
Continue reading How “Coaching” Can Complement the Classroom
What a couple of weeks! It is incredible how much goes into the first full two weeks of school. This year I am teaching Spanish II, III and IV (the past two years I have only had Spanish II and IV). So in addition to a third prep, figuring out my routine and new class …
Continue reading My First Two Weeks: Respect, Routines, Plus Language
The Spanish Cave: Languages, Teaching, & Other Thoughts
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Ideas, Strategies and Reflections on Comprehensible Input for World Language Classes
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