To be honest, I generally avoid social justice and culture-oriented sessions. I feel like they all sound lovely and fun during the conference high, but somehow, I leave knowing they’ll never work their way into my lesson rotation. I took a chance, though, and stacked my Saturday morning at SCOLT Read more…
It wasn’t just that Paul Sandrock successfully flipped his hot seat session so WE were on the hot seat. It wasn’t just that he ever-so-gently structured the session so that it would be perfectly tailored to our precise needs by starting with Laura Terrill’s philosophy of leading with the “Why” Read more…
While I would be DELIGHTED to come talk with you and your colleagues about whatever your little hearts desire related to life, language, and all things teaching, what I REALLY would love is for you to come see me and my kids in action this school year. Here’s why. 1. Read more…
Have you ever wanted to just sit down and talk shop–in more than 140 characters? Do you need someone from outside your district to preach the gospel of proficiency and performance-based assessment to incredulous colleagues? Is there something you’ve seen on PBL in the TL or #langchat that you’ve always wanted Read more…
I’ve been on a bit of a CI roller coaster since iFLT last summer. I kicked off the year with some kickin’ PQA that kids really seemed to get into, a little of the ol’ “persona especial“–which they got into less–but which still had some positive effects. Then I was Read more…