Ruth’s Ruckus2

This is a VETC09 session. Live Blogging…
Sharon McGlone, TRT at Booker T in Norfolk, is presenting.
Things that help:

TRT gives overview to students
TRT creates samples when planning with the teacher
TRT co-teaches
students practiced in diads
Rubrics given to students before they were assessed
Teacher training is key
refer to podcasts as “audio files” to increase teacher comfort
Students in groups worked best
be careful about [...]

Today we had our first round of presentations on the VSTE conference.  I’m always a little apprehensive when the TRTs are supposed to give presentations.  I never know if my “stuff” will actually make a meaningful contribution for these folks. For example, my first ever blog in-service was for the TRTs.  I was new at blogging [...]