Busy day: took the Spanish test as required to be admitted into the teaching credentialing program with a BCLAD option. The test asked you to record your answers in a cassette after watching a video. Simple things – working up to, “Should an HIV positive child be allowed to remain in school?”, to, “What you think of re-incarnation?”, leading up to, “should US troops be used outside the US like in Somalia?” Yeah, yeah – don’t ask.
The written part was relatively simple – it asked you to write a letter to a school district in Northern California and discuss the philosophy of teaching in a bilingual environment plus a discussion of strengths, weaknesses, salary, etc.
We shall see – I have been told it will be three weeks to get results.
Today is the first and formal day of Orientation for the Summer Session – it is the actual day when I can say I began the program in earnest. Met Pat Stall, and Joe Keating – very nice individuals – both PhDs and experienced teachers. What they presented today was encouraging as an overview. They actually had us do practical exercises to remember kids names – by practicing among ourselves – nice game:
Name tags
Circle arrangement
Outside exercise – toss toys to each other while calling their names
Repeat exercise – faster and faster..
We were given a list of attributes that excellent teachers possess – and we were asked to evaluate ourselves in this context to see what we need to work on. Interesting.
My cohorts number about 25.
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