A Connection?

Claire, the NESS School Liaison from William Dandy Middle describes how she utilized the “HRD Podcast #1” as a resource in developing her New Educators.

“At the beginning of the year I gave out information on Response Boards. One of the New Educators shared that she made her own to use in class and the kids loved it. At our last (NESS Monthly) meeting, I showed the podcast on dry erase boards to the NE's and IC's and then had that New Educator give us a demonstration of how she uses them with her math class. It was a lot of fun. The other teachers where then able to talk about ways they might be able to incorporate them into their various subject areas.”

Finding connections (for her middle school teachers) in a movie clip of a Kindergarten teacher using Response Board for phonics instruction makes Claire a resource her teachers cannot afford to lose.

Claire has not previously used movie clips of teachers during her NESS meetings or a resource in developing her teachers. “I read everything you (NESS Program Facilitators) send and go on all of the sites to see if there is something interesting to use to liven up the meetings. It just turned out to be a timely thing and worked perfectly. It gave the NESS people a chance to interact with each other as students and teacher. They enjoyed being the students that they have in class.”

Additionally, when was the last time a NESS monthly meeting was described as “FUN”?