How can I find out about Hands-On English.  I love my Ethiopian  
students.  They work so hard.  S
On Mar 8, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Janet Hughes wrote:


> I'm a part-time ESL teacher and enjoy my program.  20-25 fabulous  

> students, dedicated, hard-working with fairly high attendance rates  

> (95% Ethiopian.)  I try really hard to stay on top of developments  

> through TESOL.  The program has been great at trying to pull the  

> teachers together once a term or so and get us revved up about new  

> skills.  I also subscribe to Hands-On English which gives me great  

> ideas and actual materials.  It's hard when you only teach once a  

> week for 6 hours to get everything in that we need.  The director  

> does give us feedback occasionally.

>

> I am participating in a Washington DC SEA funded project on action  

> research which I find really interesting.  I'm focusing on  

> exploring ways to teach spelling.  I wish we had more time as  

> teachers to get together and share ideas - I learn so much from  

> other teachers.  I thought it was just us part-timers that had no  

> extra time!

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message ----

> From: David Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net>

> To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List  

> <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>

> Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:23:19 PM

> Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 901] Re: Nourishing Teacher  

> Creativity and Innovation

>

> Colleagues,

>

> Four days ago I posted the message below about nourishing teacher

> creativity and innovation.  A few people responded, but I am

> surprised -- and disappointed --  that I have not heard from more

> people, with examples.   Perhaps it wasn't clear what I am asking

> for, so I'll try again.

>

> Is creativity important to you?  Is innovation important to you? If

> so, how do you make time for these in your own work?  How do you

> support creativity or innovation in your colleagues' work?  In

> answering, I hope you will provide examples, if you can, of creative

> or innovative adult literacy education professional development or

> program improvement projects that you have been involved in or that

> you are aware of.

>

> Perhaps you are feeling discouraged by how little time and support

> are available in our field for either creativity or innovation.

> Someone e-mailed me that there just isn't any time for this

> anymore.   I hear other complaints these days that practitioners and

> professional developers don't have time or resources for anything

> innovative or creative.  That's why I started this thread.  We need

> to share with each other what creative and innovative projects _are_

> happening -- or have happened -- and we need to better understand how

> to make time and resources available for these.  For example, if

> there are state adult basic education agencies that support

> creativity and innovation, now is the time to let us know about

> that.  Why do they do this?  How do they provide the support? Are

> there foundations -- or other funders -- that support creativity and

> innovation?  Have teachers and other practitioners, working quietly

> in some corner, been doing creative or innovative projects without

> external support? Tell us about these projects!

>

> Hearing no responses, should we conclude that in this age of

> accountability and regulation that there is no longer room for

> creativity and innovation in our field? Or, should we begin to turn

> that tide, and make room for creativity and innovation?  What do

> _you_ think?

>

> If it would help, as you are thinking about these questions, take a

> look at (and feel free to add to ) the Adult Literacy Education Wiki

> page at

>

> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Creativity_and_Innovation

>

>

> David J. Rosen, Ed.D.

> Senior Associate

> Newsome Associates

> www.newsomeassociates.com

> djrosen at comcast.net

>

>

>

>

>

> On Mar 4, 2007, at 10:37 PM, David Rosen wrote:

>

> > Nourishing Teacher Creativity and Innovation

> >

> > If you are a teacher, does your program or school nourish creativity

> > and innovation? If so, how does this happen?

> >

> > If you are a professional developer, how do your professional

> > development efforts nourish creativity and innovation?

> >

> > Does your state ABE system nourish these? If so, how?

> >

> > How do _you_ nourish creativity and innovation in your work and in

> > the work of your colleagues?

> >

> > You will find at

> >

> > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Creativity_and_Innovation

> >

> > a list of possible sources – and examples – of teacher creativity

> > and innovation in adult literacy education.

> >

> > What other sources and examples are you aware of?

> >

> > To contribute your ideas of sources or examples, reply to this

> > message on the Professional Development discussion list and/or add

> > them to the above wiki page.

> >

> > David J. Rosen

> > djrosen at comcast.net

> >

> >

> >

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