I have long gotten past being the “sage on the stage”. If educational gurus hadn’t already convinced me that students learn best from peers and self-exploration – constructing the meaning of something themselves from experience – anecdotal evidence from the classroom would have. This week I arranged with our school’s Literacy specialist/coach, Pat Sweeney, to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘critical friends’
Teacher as Learner
Posted in The Craft of Teaching, tagged coaching, critical friends, literacy, peer conferences, peer-led conferences, Writing workshop on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Revisiting Critical Friends
Posted in The Craft of Teaching, tagged critical friends, narrative writing, peer partners, ten steps to independence, writing partners on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This year I have a group of students who, most of the time, try to work together. So far they don’t seem to get on each others nerves very often. Mykids range from highly independent, self-motivated students to those with pervasive developmental challenges. Some days we exhaust each other. I made a decision to revisit [...]
