Hello everyone - I support what Karen Greer has said about the importance of
teacher training. I believe there is a huge gap between the standards out
there and what is actually happening in the ESL classrooms. Personally I have
found the EFF standards to have no direct relevance to teaching ESL. There
are good ESL content standards out there, which the textbook companies have
been following in writing new core textbooks, but as someone said, if the
teachers don't know how to use the textbook, then it is likely the standard
will not be implemented. We have a lot of work yet to do.
Gretchen Bitterlin
San Diego Continuing Education Program

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From: "Greer, Karen" <Karen.Greer at victoriacollege.edu>
Date: June 17, 2008 4:29:47 PM EDT
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Subject: RE: [SpecialTopics 994] Re: ImplementingState	 
AdultEducationContentStandards

Hats off to Federico for his description of our state's standards  
process. I am one of those teachers in the trenches and welcomed the  
standards. I was shown my classroom,the students, and a large book  
closet and that was my orientation. After many years, trial and  
error, and many hours in the bookroom , I have come up with a  
workable plan. The standards are very necessary and need to be the  
basis of good planning(foreign to some teachers}. Texas followed the  
introduction of the standards with concrete lesson plan training. A  
curriculum with concrete flow is very important and the standards  
give us a way to divide level instruction guidelines. I encourage all  
in this field to use the standards and it will only benefit our  
students.

Karen Greer, teacher
Victoria College Adult Ed. Victoria, Tx




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