A few years ago I saw Ellin Keene speak about lab classrooms.I am looking for how they are running in other schools.What are the positive and negatives? Do teachers really benefit from them?
Heather, As a new literacy coach this year (part-time) I offered some labsites to my teachers. The teachers had identified an area that they felt they needed some work in. I arranged with my principal to get coverage for the teachers, so the entire grade level could attend. I explained to the students that I was teaching them and the teachers. As I presented the lesson I would stop and ask the teachers to notice certain things, talk to their partners etc. They were given a reflection sheet to fill out, so that when we met afterwards we had a starting point for conversations. We would meet for about 15 minutes afterwards (longer would have been better) to discuss the lesson and how it could be done in other classrooms. Next year I will be including viewing a follow up lesson in each teacher's classroom. Ideally the best scenario would be to do this weekly for about 4-6 weeks and gradually release the teaching to another teacher with you coaching side by side. The teachers I worked with really enjoyed it. I received a lot of positive feedback from it. I supposed it could be CEUable, but it does take place during the teaching day. Think about offering PD during the day for your teachers! It offers great opportunities. I learned about this at Teacher's College at Columbia last summer. Kelly AB CT > > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] 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.
