Instruction is data driven. With that being said, use baseline data, standardized scores, surveys, etc. to determine the needs of your students. We live in times of accountability and our instruction should align to the standards based upon data. Warm regards, Renita Rowlett City-Wide Literacy Specialist Office of Reading and Language Arts Medill Professional Center 1326 W. 14th Place ~ Room 307 Chicago, IL 60608 773/553-6448 Fax - 773/553-6425 [email protected] "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Frederick Douglass"
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Ashli and Paul Andersen Sent: Fri 8/14/2009 7:12 PM To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Subject: Re: [LIT] Interviewing middle school teacher candidate... sorry if this is late, but I'll throw the question out there anyway... How do you determine what to teach and when? Ashli On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Rowlett, Renita C <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Amy, > > The interviewing process gives a snapshot about the pedagogy and beliefs a > candidates has about teaching and learning. What about finding out more > about their philosophy? For example: > > Tell me about your philosophy of the workshop model? > What kinds of formative assessments have you used? > How do you get to know more about your students? > How do you establish routines and rituals? > What techniques and strategies have you implemented that motivate > adolescent learners? > Why do you want to teach at this school? > > Hope this helps. > > Warm regards, > > Renita Rowlett > City-Wide Literacy Specialist > Office of Reading and Language Arts > Medill Professional Center > 1326 W. 14th Place ~ Room 307 > Chicago, IL 60608 > 773/553-6448 > Fax - 773/553-6425 > [email protected] > "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Frederick Douglass" > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf > of Amy Lesemann > Sent: Thu 8/13/2009 5:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LIT] Interviewing middle school teacher candidate... > > > > So, I'm helping to interview two fifth grade teacher candidates > tomorrow....I'm supposed to ask questions relating to literacy. I'm > thinking: reading and writing workshop related question, and how to balance > direct instruction on skills with choice related reading and writing. What > do you think I should ask? > > Send me some questions that you think I should ask! > > -- > Amy Lesemann, Director, Independent Learning Center, St. Thomas the Apostle > School > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > <http://www.literacyworkshop.org/> < > 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 > <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 <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
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