Positively Persistent Teach (on summer break)
I am a Pre-kindergarten teacher transplanted in Florida from Ohio. I use this space to collect teaching ideas, discuss politics, and go all fan girl over my favorite books or tv shows. I worked with Tumblr to develop the #education tag and think the #education community on Tumblr the best thing to happen on the internet bar none. I can't promise that this blog will always be positive, because believe it or not, I'm only human (as Garfield would say). However, my teaching philosophy centers around focusing on the positive and being persistent about learning and the kids that I get to call my own for a year.
Never give up on a kid or yourself.
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seriously tho, if anyone actually HAS enjoyed their 4-year degree experience, please be in touch
GWALP responds: I went to a state university an hour away from home. it took 4.5 years (student teaching was the extra leg), but I had a blast. I learned a lot, challenged myself, was challenged by everything and everyone, made good friends, had amazing opportunities, learned to live on my own, and then took it all back to my hometown.
I did basically the same thing, except it was a small private liberal arts school. I loved my college. I loved MOST of the courses I took. I made great friends. I got a journal article presented at a conference with two of my professors. I had lots of experience in the classroom teaching lessons before student teaching and felt wholly supported.
(Source: mythopoetic-monsterling)
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The 3rd century Ancient Roman amphitheater Palais Gallien, of Bordeaux, France. This is a large amphitheater which would have once been able to accommodate up to 22,000 spectators.
Photos courtesy & taken by GFreihalter.
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You should probably all give me your phone numbers so that I can text you when I feel like it.
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PBS Blog: Common Core Has Fatal Flaw
“Common Core has never been field-tested and we have no idea how it works in real classrooms, and how it will affect the students who are currently struggling.”
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It will be good not to be evaluated on how students that were not mine score.
But moving forward as they decide how to evaluate the grades or subjects without tests, I am concerned they will use the VPK test (new this past year) as part of the Pre-K teacher’s tests. On the whole, it was developmentally inappropriate and tested skills that are kindergarten and first grade (standards). On the oral language part of the test, which was around 14 questions, one of the pictures was of a hockey team. Students could not just say hockey to get it right. They had to say hockey team. My students on the whole didn’t speak any English in the year, at what point would teaching them about hockey been relevant to their lives or our curriculum. With so few questions in each section, that was a big hit. I think they should use the EVT and the PPVT. They evaluate expressive and receptive language skills. With the exception of one student, all of my students made more than 8 point gains which is the expectation of growth after one school year. In fact, some made over 30 point gains. But if I am judged on the standardized tests, that growth won’t matter.
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Washington Post: Florida teachers can't be evaluated on students they don't have.
File under : good news for PPT.
woooooooooooooot!
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It’s official: Girl Meets World will premiere on the Disney Channel in 2014.
All together now: UNDAPANTS!
That’s too far away. I want it now!
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