This week’s article excerpt speaks to the situation in which Grant teachers currently find themselves - many students, and compressed time to provide adequate feedback to all. This article has some timely suggestions for making feedback count.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Oregon Writers Project
Dear OWP Friends,
As you probably know, our 2012 NWTSJ conference is back in Portland this year, at Madison High School -- Saturday, October 20th. Registration is open at our revamped website: www.nwtsj.org.
Our keynote speaker this year is Bob Peterson. Bob is a founding editor of Rethinking Schools magazine, and co-editor of numerous Rethinking Schools books, including Rethinking Elementary Education, Rethinking Mathematics, Rethinking Globalization, Rethinking Columbus, and Transforming Teacher Unions. He is also a founder of La Escuela Fratney, a two-way bilingual elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisc. Bob is currently the elected president of the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association.
As in years past, we'll be offering more than 60 outstanding workshops from educators around the Northwest. Many of the workshops will be facilitated by OWP teachers. Some of this year's workshops include:
-- Performance Slam Poetry: A tool for cross-cultural communication
-- Hidden Agender: Improving gender equity in your classroom
-- Education and Capitalism: Struggles for learning and liberation
-- Supporting Undocumented American Youth in Uncertain Times
-- Talking Back to Statistics: Mathematics as a tool for inquiry into the issue of gun violence
-- Understanding the Middle East Through Children's Literature
-- Scandalous! Examining scandals as student empowerment and unit focus
-- Social Justice Unionism
-- Empowering Students Through Action Research & Storytelling to Transform School Culture
And many, many more.
The conference also features a resource fair with exhibitors from community groups, social justice organizations, and non-profit publishers.
The NWTSJ conference is sponsored by Portland Area Rethinking Schools, Puget Sound Rethinking Schools, Olympia Educators for Social Justice, Social Equality Educators (Portland and Seattle), Oregon Writing Project, and Rethinking Schools magazine.
Spread the word and plan to join us Saturday, October 20th at Madison High School in Portland.www.nwtsj.org. Those of you who have attended one of our conferences know what an inspirational and idea-packed event this is. Don't miss it.
As you probably know, our 2012 NWTSJ conference is back in Portland this year, at Madison High School -- Saturday, October 20th. Registration is open at our revamped website: www.nwtsj.org.
Our keynote speaker this year is Bob Peterson. Bob is a founding editor of Rethinking Schools magazine, and co-editor of numerous Rethinking Schools books, including Rethinking Elementary Education, Rethinking Mathematics, Rethinking Globalization, Rethinking Columbus, and Transforming Teacher Unions. He is also a founder of La Escuela Fratney, a two-way bilingual elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisc. Bob is currently the elected president of the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association.
As in years past, we'll be offering more than 60 outstanding workshops from educators around the Northwest. Many of the workshops will be facilitated by OWP teachers. Some of this year's workshops include:
-- Performance Slam Poetry: A tool for cross-cultural communication
-- Hidden Agender: Improving gender equity in your classroom
-- Education and Capitalism: Struggles for learning and liberation
-- Supporting Undocumented American Youth in Uncertain Times
-- Talking Back to Statistics: Mathematics as a tool for inquiry into the issue of gun violence
-- Understanding the Middle East Through Children's Literature
-- Scandalous! Examining scandals as student empowerment and unit focus
-- Social Justice Unionism
-- Empowering Students Through Action Research & Storytelling to Transform School Culture
And many, many more.
The conference also features a resource fair with exhibitors from community groups, social justice organizations, and non-profit publishers.
The NWTSJ conference is sponsored by Portland Area Rethinking Schools, Puget Sound Rethinking Schools, Olympia Educators for Social Justice, Social Equality Educators (Portland and Seattle), Oregon Writing Project, and Rethinking Schools magazine.
Spread the word and plan to join us Saturday, October 20th at Madison High School in Portland.www.nwtsj.org. Those of you who have attended one of our conferences know what an inspirational and idea-packed event this is. Don't miss it.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Curiosity in the Classroom
Intel and Discovery Education have teamed up to create a website “designed to bring teachers, students and families on a journey through life’s biggest questions”. Lesson plans and videos are designed for students in grades 6-12, and focus on STEM subjects.
Curiosity in the Classroom
Curiosity in the Classroom
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