A teacher seeks a position at an innovative school

A description of Littky's school

An interview with a remarkable principal.  She is off screen.


Grondin
deSebastian
Lloyd
Lott
Crawford-Rodriguez
Lopez and K. Doody
... and this principal.

Why am I the source of the information?  I'm just the quarterback.

The students are reporters and the teacher is the editor.


Teaching is listening
Learning is talking

The principal recommended that I speak with the superintendent... oh, well.



A second Interview (for a middle school Language Arts position):

I had a chance encounter with a student after I exited the principal's office.

"Hello, I'm glad you could come to see our school."  She held out her hand.

I shook her hand.  "I'm very impressed with this school.  Do you think it is okay to take photos of the walls?"

"Oh, yes, it's okay.   What subject do you want to teach?"

I don't care.  I'll teach anything.  Your principal is a wonderful person.  I would wash the floors to be able to work here."

"Wow.  What subject do you teach?"

I only teach what a student wants to learn.  I will not teach algebra 2.

"I took Algebra 2 last semester."

I'm sorry.

"No, I really liked it."

Do you plan to be an engineer?

"I don't know.  I haven't made up my mind yet.  Maybe I will work for my aunt, who has a software company.  She really knows math."

You can make websites now.  Do you have a gmail address?

"Yes"

You can make a free website.  Go to sites.google.com and you can get started.  If you search "Steve McCrea sites Google free web site," you will have a free video on youtube to teach yoyu how to use the software.

"Wow, I hope you get hired."

After you learn how to make a website, you can make websites for other people.

"How do I pay you for this lesson?"

Pay it forward.  You can help someone else learn these skills.

"Oh, yeah, I saw that movie.  I hope you get hired."

This is the sort of principal that I want to work for... Interactive, inclusive, encouraging. Darine Amhaz Beydoun, Ayoub International School

http://edtosavetheworld.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/human-beings-not-machines/

Here's a quote from the EdToSaveTheWorld wordpress blog

Innovative online classes for learning languages

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lXLDBAe8uw

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(2) look for videos that use the EXACT expression
This video has the wrong layout:  the English definition is given on the same frame.  

Yo tengo frio  (spoken)

tener frio  (on the screen)


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3)  Good vocabulary  but the English and Spanish are placed on the same screen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNbbFFDtLU



4)  This is a sample from a "pay for the lessons" system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj6pAX7aAkg
This video has no English on the screen.  The fellow talks too much in English (more than 70% of the time), but at least you can practice the pronunciation without the written translation in English.