The Word on Makeup Workshops

What a great workshop yesterday, thank you so much to all 29 of you! I'll have the lesson plans on this thing soon since only a few of you received hard copies of them!

But the big question on a lot your minds is: so how do I finish my intensive/workshop commitment if that was the last content workshop? 

A: Fear not! We have planned two release days as makeup workshops:

May 13th and May 15th. They will be pedagogy workshops focusing on subtle shifts in the newly adopted science materials.

Also we are planning at least one date in June but since we are working hard bending over backwards to help you finish your commitment we need you to absolutely attend the May dates unless you truly cannot.

That said - Have a great Sunday and good luck in these next weeks preparing and administering those tests. 

Please let us know if we can be of any assistance!

Thanks!

Cristina

Hello

Hello my good friends.
I am just responding to the invitation by Cristina to be part of this blog.
This is a great idea given we, the ChulaVistans, are coming to term with our training. I hope this will keep us all in touch in the coming years. I enjoyed every moment since day one. Thanks to all the gang from Anson Lee, Colleen, and Cristina.

Do Good Work,
Youcef.

For All to Post

Thank you for making your way through your emails and to this blog invitation. This web site is for one and all in the ILP. Please share any links under the headings to your left and please post any pertinent information you'd like to share regarding life in formal education in Southern California in 2008. I started this in attempts to extend the already fruitful discussions had by so many of you in this diverse cohort of teachers from different school sites and 2 different districts. This conversation needs to continue and it seems that the most feasible way for this to happen is on the internet.

Please also notice upcoming events listed on the left side, and as always, please feel free to contact me anytime if you have any questions about the ILP, Cristina.

Hedenkamp Hearings

Bravo to all of you who have braved the boredom and mess of the past two days of hearings at Hedenkamp elementary. I spent a couple of hours there this afternoon and it was enough to realize what a mess the Chula Vista Elementary School District has made with their cut and paste excel spreadsheet errors. It was disheartening to look out at the audience of hundreds of teachers and see some of our very own ILP teachers having to sit through this hearing just a week before testing!

I am sorry that no resolution has been met, and please know that the whole ILP staff supports you and the good work we know you do. If you need any support in the coming weeks in your classrooms for afternoon activities after testing let us know!