by Justin | Jul 5, 2021 | ELL, English Language, Language Learning
EL Program Redux The past few months have been a bit of a whirlwind. We started online learning after Spring Break, and we came back in person only last week for the last two weeks of school. Being back in person with stricter Covid restrictions was a bit of a tricky...
by Justin | Mar 8, 2019 | English Language, Language Learning
Language Learning Anecdotes Learning a new language is hard. I’ve been semi-intensively learning Thai for about ten months now. My time studying Thai is the only truly immersive language experience that I’ve had. I saw a private tutor every day for two months over the...
by Justin | Nov 27, 2018 | ELL, English Language, Language Learning
CLIL Workshop Reflection I’ve learned a tremendous amount over the past year and a half working as an ELL teacher. I’ve ready over a dozen different textbooks, attended a variety of workshops, and was introduced to a slew of new like minded professionals on twitter...
by Justin | Nov 7, 2018 | ELL, English Language, Language Learning
ELL Strategies for Specialists In my experience, when teachers and administrators talk about support and Co-Teaching, they’re almost always referring to classroom teachers. What about supporting our specialist teachers? In P.E, students need to know names of bones and...
by Justin | Oct 17, 2018 | Language Learning, Teaching
The Power of Can-Do I had a Co-Teaching reflection post outlined for this week, but I was inspired to write something a bit different and on the fly. Conversations with teachers can often escalate to something like this: Teacher: (clearly frustrated) “This...
by Justin | Sep 29, 2018 | English Language, Language Learning
Developing an Engagement Mindset A reflection on a weekend workshop Engagement is an integral part of any classroom. However, these buzz words don’t hold much meaning unless they are practiced on a daily basis. “The Center of Inspired Teaching” helped reassure me how...
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