Workshop 7: Specific Instructional Strategies

The work of these teachers will be featured in Workshop 7:

Name: Terez Waldoch Experience: 31 years Grade & Subjects: Grade 4; all subjects Demographics: Elementary school in a small college town Classroom: 22 students; 7% special needs; 5% ESL Science Teaching: One-hour sessions, three times per week Curriculum: Life, physical, and earth science; specified by district Other: Holds a doctorate in science education Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, 1993

Name: Pat Coleman Experience: 21 years Grade & Subjects: Grade 8; Life Science and Social Studies Demographics: Middle school in a suburban town Classroom: 48 students; 20% special needs Science Teaching: Two classes, 40-minute periods, five times per week Curriculum: School is moving toward an integrated science ("spiraled") curriculum; specified by district Other: 8th-grade team leader Shares classrooms with other teachers; does not have his own classroom

Name: Tom Banaszewski Experience: First-year teacher Grade & Subjects: Grade 5; all subjects Demographics: Suburban school in affluent town Classroom: 26 students; 10% special needs Science Teaching: 50-minute sessions; twice per week Curriculum: Life, physical, and earth sciences; specified by district Other: Shares teaching responsibilities with Andy, another first-year teacher, who was initially brought into the classroom to assist with special needs students

Questions to ponder before and after workshop 7: 1. How could portfolios be used in science units? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping subject matter portfolios? 3. How can journals be used most effectively in the classroom? Assignment: Ask your students to tell you how they feel about the ways in which you evaluate their learning? What do they like best?

Home | Catalog | About Us | Search | Contact Us | Site Map © 1997-2009 Annenberg Media. All rights reserved. Legal Policy