I really don't mind that walk throughs that our principals are doing becasue it is making me a better teacher. Anyone can perfom for a formal evaluatiion but now teachers have to be on their toes at all times. I have been taking classes on assessing students for learning, not of learning. The main thing I have gotten is that we as teachers need to know what we want the kids to learn after every lesson so objectives are important. I think we should look at some of the things we are being asked to do as good for the kids, which is why we are teachers right? Granted their are some things that are absurd, but we need to weed through those and take the things that will help our kids and use them to make us better teachers. Lisa ---- Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our school is just starting 4-minute walkthroughs (amusingly dubbed > drive-bys by many on this list) and here is one of the things we heard > yesterday at our "debriefing." > > Yes, you must have your objective up on the board or somewhere and your > children should know why they're learning such-and-such. It will increase > their learning 29-44% if you do that. And you should be teaching that > objective only!! Research tells us that children learn only one thing at a > time. > > I'm not sure where she's reading that research (which she liberally > sprinkles in comes from "Bob Marzano" (I don't think so), but what the whole > meeting made me want to do was to research retirement. I never, ever in my > wildest dreams imagined I would retire to get away from education. I > thought there would come a time when I was ready to do something else, but > that it would always be so hard to leave classrooms. Now I just don't > know. > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Renee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In the good old days, long before NCLB and when teachers were treated > > more like people who actually knew what they were doing, we used to > > have what were called "teachable moments." When my son, (now age 32) > > was in third grade, he had a fantastic teacher who lived well outside > > the box. I was helping in class one day during reading time when there > > was a big racket up on the roof. The teacher sent out a child to find > > out what was going on. The student came back to say that there were men > > working on the roof. Soon after that, the electricity went off. The > > teacher asked the kids why they thought that happened. Lots of > > responses, all over the board. So the teacher suggested they call the > > electric company. He sent a child to the office to make the call (in > > those days, we did not have phones in our classrooms). Of course, the > > child came back with a note from the secretary wanting clarification, > > yadda yadda, but in the end the child made the call. What did kids > > learn here? Problem solving. Inferencing. Cause and effect. etc etc > > etc. > > > > I shudder to think what happens these days when teachers are mandated > > to get *this* much done in *this* amount of time, and to teach *this* > > skill on *this* day. > > > > Frankly, I long for the days when we weren't so nit-picky about > > discrete things and looked at education with a larger view. In general. > > > > Just thinking on a Saturday morning.... > > Renee > > > > On Sep 27, 2008, at 8:11 AM, jan sanders wrote: > > > > > Hi Mary- > > > If the mini-lessons aren't mini, then perhaps they have more than one > > > teaching point? Too much at once? Could the lesson be broken down in > > > parts over two or three days? .... > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Mary Manges<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Hi everyone, > > > I'm wondering how long most of you have each day for teaching > > > language > > > arts? > > > > > > "The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in > > a thing makes it happen." > > ~ Frank Lloyd Wright > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >
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