I'd like to address the "gave out prizes" part of Chris's post. Some of the teachers in my building give out prizes for appropriate behavior in class. I feel as if this is a bribe to get the students to pay attention in class and work. I also feel that the more prizes a teacher gives, the harder it is for students to pay attention and work without getting prizes.
This feels like a very personal issue both to me and to the teachers who give out the prizes. I have not had much success talking about prizes for the students, but I'd love to generate a conversation here. Anyone else interested in this topic? Jan On Sun, 8 Apr 2007, Chris Knoblaugh wrote: > I am a reluctant "Literacy Coach" who was drafted into > the position by a Principal. I am comfortable with > the analytical aspects of the job, but I am an > introvert who is very uncomfortable with invading the > space of others. > > I am wrestling with lesson modeling. > > I am supposed to go into another teachers' room, and > model a lesson for that teacher using that teacher's > students. > > I asked for the DO resource teacher to model a lesson > for me, so I could learn how to do it. She came into > my class to observe me for a week. At the end of the > week, she was supposed to model. Instead of doing the > lesson, she gave the kids a pep talk about going to > college, completed one exercise with them, and gave > out prizes. It was not helpful, and I do not wish to > emulate that approach. > > Our school brought in a consultant who was supposed to > give a demo lesson. He invited students to sit on > stage, praised them for being selected, did one > exercise with them, and gave out prizes. It looked > familiar. > > I went to a training session. On the last day the > trainer was supposed to model the strategy (reciprocal > instruction for ELL students in social studies). He > gave the kids a pep talk, praised them, did one > exercise with them, and gave out prizes. > > Do you think that is what I am supposed to do? I > haven't received any guidance, and I'm pretty sure I > have become a nuisance for asking questions. When I > asked my colleagues, they said that is what always > happens in demo lessons. > > Do your experiences match that? > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a PS3 game guru. > Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. > http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
