Submitted by ben Johnson <author> (not verified) on March 27, 2008 - 06:09.
Kelly:
One of the best ways that you are already kicking things into high gear is that you are continuing your own professional development. I liked how you saw a trend and tried to come up with a solution for reading. Your idea has two effective, student-centered principles: student choice and multiple assessments. Way to go.
Your inventories on multiple intelligences was probably very enlightening. In your quest to create a high performance learning team in your classroom, this will help you differentiate your activities to play to the students' strengths. It will also help the students develop strengths in other areas. Don't forget that the only purpose for a teacher in being a "relationship specialist" is to be able to help the student achieve at higher levels academically.
HOTS and Multiple Assessments
Submitted by ben Johnson <author> (not verified) on March 27, 2008 - 06:09.
Kelly:
One of the best ways that you are already kicking things into high gear is that you are continuing your own professional development. I liked how you saw a trend and tried to come up with a solution for reading. Your idea has two effective, student-centered principles: student choice and multiple assessments. Way to go.
Your inventories on multiple intelligences was probably very enlightening. In your quest to create a high performance learning team in your classroom, this will help you differentiate your activities to play to the students' strengths. It will also help the students develop strengths in other areas. Don't forget that the only purpose for a teacher in being a "relationship specialist" is to be able to help the student achieve at higher levels academically.
Best of luck.
Ben Johnson Natalia, TX