We invite students to make meaning out of chaos and nonsense. We open up schools so that the world is the classroom instead of the classroom being the world. If you are presently a classroom teacher, answer the following questions to reflect your attitude toward the issues raised. If you are no longer a classroom teacher answer the questions as if you were still a classroom teacher. The School Board is voting on a teacher exchange program to establish ffdd partnerships with similar districts in other states to exchange teachers for a year at a time with no loss of pay or benefits.
Students help plan and direct the unit and the daily lessons through their reactions and questions.
I spend hours each week detailing the strategies and writing out how I will teach. I follow the sequence recommended by M. Hunter. Two preparations daily for 3 sections of one course and 2 of another. Five preparations daily for 5 different courses. One preparation daily for 5 sections of the same course.