Let’s talk tacos: Informing parents & students on proficiency
August 12, 2014
It’s a new school year and for many of us that means talking to new students and new parents about something they’re very unfamiliar with: language proficiency.
You may have caught this document on the wikispace for the workshop I did with the Webb School of Knoxville this summer; it’s something I put together to help you inform parents and students on how and why your classroom is focused on language proficiency and nothing else – not grades, not direct objects, not fluffy food projects. To make it useful for as many teachers as possible, I didn’t refer to any school or language in particular in the document. To edit it, simply click “File” and “Make a copy” and Drive will save the file to your own drive for you to edit.
Here it is (click the title):
Let’s talk tacos
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Loved this so much. Shared it with my department today as we discuss our development of our level one portfolio project.
So glad it was helpful for you all! Good luck on your performance-based proficiency journey!
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You ROCK!!!! Thank you SO much for sharing that. I am very new to proficiency and just now trying to integrate it into my classes. I really love this!!!!
Great- and you are welcome!
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