Grand-Experiment

=**15 ESL Teachers in Supporting the 4th-Grade Science Curriculum:**= =**A Grand Experiment in Crowd Sourcing**=


 * Or a Secret Experiment???** I dunno if anyone let you guys know this, but I //think// you’re participating in some kind of grand experiment …

Nobody has actually laid it out to me, but from the HUGE investment of personnel resources (15 ESL teachers supporting the 4th-grade Summer School classes), The Powers That Be must be hoping that you/we “crowd source” the whole question of supporting these students.


 * An Unprecedented Opportunity.** Think about it, this summer we've got ...
 * 15 ESL teachers all supporting
 * the same curriculum
 * at the same time
 * on (largely ... because of the summer time constraints) the same schedule.


 * The Shape of Things (i.e., Focused Instruction) to Come?** In other words, we've set up a little trial version of what the District is hoping for with Focused Instruction -- that by aligning curriculum, calendars, and assessments, we can start to get some "group thinking power" -- create a "community of practice" to share and spread solutions and promising practices.


 * Let the collaboration begin...** So this will be a space for collaborating ... for working together to share tools, strategies and approaches to supporting the summer learning of the English Learners in your classes.