Digested

Ok, so I had time to take in everything that Amy had to say and at first I was optimistic and very ready to try this out. Now, it works in a sense with my students that I have for Am Hist 2 and Language Arts, but with the other History (Soc Studies) teacher it doesn't. I approached her with some very similar ideas that I picked up from the discussion on Wed. And, as I find often with "seasoned teachers" is the aversion to anything and anyone new. There was a lot of responses from my fellow teachers which sound very positive, but I am finding meet with little action. I know this is a case by case type of issue, so I will keep from throwing the stereotypes and the misgivings around about our veteran co-workers.

SO focusing on all the positives of the visitors and the interaction with the social studies teachers is paramount. I enjoyed the chaotically quick tempo of the class and the vibe you get from listening to determined people who have a lot of confidence in what they are doing (or at least sound confident) I also really took a bit of what was discussed and thought about how it would be beneficial if team teachers cross-trained and took on the professional development principle of getting highly qualified in the roles they share with their co-worker. So, I personally have planned to go get another Praxis 2 test knocked out this winter and will see if I need to do anything else to prepare for the potential of putting this style of teaching to practice. There is a new, young science teacher in my high school who is very open to the idea of team teaching, so maybe I can look at coming up with a few ideas to connect more with the sciences and language arts. I know it's a stretch, but then I figure maybe that's how Sci-Fi was once created!!??!! Any thoughts?