Learn By Doing: English Teachers Engage in Best Practices

How can we make grades more meaningful for students and parents? Teachers from three areas of San Diego Unified got together to explore grading practices and how different schools and colleges have reinterpreted what it means to get credit. The day culminated in a Fishbowl Socratic Seminar where teachers envisioned the future of their English classrooms. Throughout the day they also LEARNED by DOING. They engaged in many of the same strategies they ask their students to do. They used discussion and reading strategies and protocols; they read and annotated texts. They even wrote a model essay like 11th graders have to do on standardized tests. These teachers are dedicated to creating the best opportunities for the success of their students!