Category Archives: L3 – Family/neighborhood centered
Know Your Students (ELL Ch. 10)
Loads and loads of research suggests and points to the fact that parental involvement can improve student success beyond any other measure. While there are some natural gifts that each student is born with, the support of parents can make … Continue reading
Capping a Four Year Experience (May 24-30)
The senior seminar class that originated last summer and came to fruition for the first time this year proved to have its challenges. In creating a curriculum essentially from scratch and working with four other teachers, I felt frustrated, tired, … Continue reading
Outside the Classroom (April 18-23)
This past week provided a couple different opportunities for me as a teacher that don’t fit into a normal work week. In celebration of Earth Day, our school joins together for an all-school Day of Service in the neighborhood surrounding … Continue reading
Parents and Student Voice (April 12-17)
The Seattle Pacific Alternative Route to Certification program provides me with a number of ideas and a whole lot of paperwork in order to be a certifiable teacher. Not to mention getting a Master’s Degree! Yet in the process of … Continue reading
Getting Students up to P.A.R.R.
With a navy blue, hooded sweatshirt pulled tight over his head, he slouches down in his desk hoping not to be called on. Flanked by the overzealous, eager overachiever and the caffeine guzzling, text-a-holic, he is one of the many. … Continue reading
