Today was the first day we got into the classrooms to help model and facilitate differentiated instruction with the teachers. We spent the day yesterday disaggregating the data to establish homogeneous ability groups in each class. During our time here, we plan to model how to teach and manage multiple student groups at one time as well as use the groups to the teacher’s advantage by utilizing peer tutoring methods. We will also model using whole group instruction with a differentiated independent practice portion of the lesson. It was great to see so many familiar faces in the seventh grade classes as I spent a lot of time teaching class 6 last year.
We are incorporating technology integration into our teacher training this year. Earlier this year, the Primary School received --- laptops and all teachers received a flash drive. In order to establish a technological competency, we are training all teachers to record report cards electronically. Not only will this give each teacher an opportunity to use and grow more comfortable with using the computers, but it will ease the workload at the US office to enter all --- students’ grades and teacher comments by hand.
Rachel made a heartwarming decision to sponsor a child. While we know that we cannot change the entire world, we know that we can change one child’s world. Her sponsored child is an adorable nursery student named Leon. He is a tiny little tyke and we are excited to get to spend time with him during our trip.
Thank you for your support and prayers!
-Jen
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