I am passionate about many aspects of education; one of these is providing learning environments that support all learners. I strive to incorporate as many strategies as possible throughout a lesson in order to make the curriculum more accessible to all my students. I am excited that our school site is providing GLAD training to our teachers once again. GLAD will provide teachers with a multitude of strategies and will assist in make learning more student focused, in the sense that students will be allowed to become "experts" in specific areas and will be able to share their knowledge with classmates. They will become teachers, and collaborate with one another. I feel that students feel proud and take ownership of their learning when they are given the freedom to learn and teach others.
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Christina
8/30/2017 07:47:11 pm
I think the student led learning that you described in your classroom is so empowering to students. I have heard a lot of success stories from teachers who have started 20% projects or genius hours in their classrooms. I have not participated in GLAD training before, but anything that helps teachers to create a more student centered classroom is a great strategy!
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Diana Moore
9/2/2017 05:13:50 pm
I was intrigued reading your blog. I have been involved in education for several years and this is the first time I have heard the acronym GLAD... I HAD to look it up. What a great resource it seems you will have. It seems that GLAD will allow you to create a more engaged and equitable classroom environment.
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8/31/2017 09:21:32 pm
Teresa you are doing a great job incorporating all sorts of different strategies to meet the needs of your students. I agree that if we give our students the opportunity to be experts of different topics and then teach their peers of their specific topic they do take pride in their work. They feel very important and proud to be able to teach something new to another student. I am also excited to be using GLAD this year so we can make learning more accessible to all students.
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