Re-Imagining ELA/ELD Instruction: Morning Session

Blogger: Noriko

I haven't blogged here in forever...

but I figure I might as well. Since our last post, in April of 2013, Emerson has become an independent charter and the turnover in staff has a very different group of teachers here. But here we are and our charge is the same: to teach the students in front of us. 

The ELA department is here at LACES for this training. We're in an un-airconditioned cafeteria. Awesome. This includes: Ms. Nakada (your blogger), Ms. Parker, Mr. Escajeda, Mr. Ramos, Ms. Barbeau, Ms. Ciafone, Ms. Hernandez, and Ms. Reynoso. 

We started 

We started with a welcome from the Secondary ELA Coordinator, Division of Instruction. 

She spoke about the importance of signing in and out and how to sign up to pick up your chrome books. 

After some tech issues, we watched a TED talk by Rita Pierson. 

"We can do this. We're educators. We're born to make a difference."

Then we looked at who are middle school students are (district wide) by demographics, racial, socio-economic, language levels, and GATE/Special Ed. 

We then looked at our charge for the day: to celebrate this new textbook adoption, to