Essential Elements of an Effective World Language Course Syllabus
When thinking about drafting your French, Spanish, or Italian Course Syllabus, what are some key items you’ll want to include so that students and parents understand what the course is about and what your expectations are for student learning in your class? Read more to find out what are some ESSENTIAL components that you’ll want to include in your syllabus.
Back to School Self-Care for World Language Teachers
Teaching is not a sprint; it is a marathon! In this blog entry, I talk about some self-care practices that you can implement in your teaching life to help reduce stress and cope with the back-to-school exhaustion that is so common for us to experience as World Language Teachers during the first month of school.
Time-Saving Back to School Tips for World Language Teachers
It is no secret that the Back to School season is one of the busiest for teachers. Between setting up our classrooms, making photocopies, lesson planning, attending what sometimes feels like an interminable chain of back-to-back meetings…it’s a lot! It is so easy for us to lose so much steam during the first few days and weeks of school despite having had a restful summer break. In this post, I’m going to share some tips and ideas to save you some time and energy so that you can start the school year off being fully present with your students and not feeling tired or exhausted from all of the tasks you’ve got piled up on your plate!