professional development – The Life Argotic

May 12, 2020

Best Practices For Teaching During COVID-19

One of my favorite pictures of teaching in action. “Hey Google” “What are the best practices for teaching during Covid-19?” Spoiler alert: There are none. When my school district produced a mandatory professional development session that taught teachers how to transition to online learning, I became immediately skeptical. I was also frustrated at the utter hubris it Continue reading

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COVID-19, government, Lesson Planning, News, Online Learning, Online Teaching, Politics, problem solving, professional development, Schools, teaching

March 19, 2020

Distance Learning: Day 1 – Planning

Technically, this is day 2. However, yesterday I had just enough anxiety to make me productive . . . at reading and phone games. I did get a few things done near the end of the day, but the entire idea of online learning and all the things that my district is placing on us Continue reading

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ESL, Lesson Planning, Online Teaching, professional development, teaching

January 3, 2020

Importance of Perspective

I spent today in a train-the-trainer training hosted by my state’s licensing board for teachers. This training was not at all what I expected based on the new state standards for relicensure. It was better. One of the things that I took away from today was that getting teachers to see themselves as active agents Continue reading

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cultural competency, Culture, professional development, social justice