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Dissecting Danielson Domain 1: Making the rubric work for your CI Classroom

Posted by: Kelly    Tags:  , , , , , , , , , ,     Posted date:  September 27, 2018  |  Comment


Recently, a teacher asked in an online forum how the Danielson assessment system can be "worked" within a Comprehensible Input-focused classroom.  So I've included my rubric interpretation here. My disclaimer also should be that I rate myself high, but with rationale, and then ask my administrator to prove I'm wrong. But I want my administrator to give me specific things I should improve if they don't feel I'm doing the best possible job.  (Obviously, I totally know I can improve in many areas. But I'm not going to make it easy on them.) Please also remember that just because these can be connected...

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A day (or week…or month) in the life of a Sr. Wooly Song

Posted by: Kelly    Tags:  , , , , , , ,     Posted date:  July 31, 2017  |  Comment


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