Hello,
A friend from Madison, WI sent me a copy of the book How to Manage Instruction in the Block. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but it does give some pointers on, as the title states, manage instruction in the block... the ideas are pretty basic and seemed to be based on "best practices" & it definitely reiterates that lecturing isn't the way to go.
One thing it does stress is the importance of having 2-3 professional development sessions that focus on showing how to develop hands on learning and how to develop sample lesson plans. It provides some resources for videos, but I haven't been able to find any "live" professional development resources. How helpful was having the teachers from Elk Grove come out? Would that be an option?
Hope you are all enjoying your time off!
-H
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IMHO, the Elk Grove educators would be useful ONLY if we could have them in all subject areas. The ones who came were Core teachers only, but their needs/concerns/ideas don't necessarily mesh with the needs/ideas/concerns (especially concerns!) of non-Core teachers in many cases.
I don't recall who did the training when HJH went to a modified schedule (Even/Odd). I'll try to find that info, though it was a long, long time ago.
-David
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