I'm also posting weekly reflections on a google group I set up, so sometimes I'll just cut and paste from that:
From my perspective, it seemed like the half day schedule (7:30 AM - 12 PM) made getting to know students really difficult in a team-teaching setup. Might want to consider eliminating having half-days for the first week next year? Next year, we need to be more strategic in getting ready to get to know a lot of children & fast....and to have them feeling completely at home in both of their classrooms. I knew this would be difficult but didn't proactively plan ahead well enough. Teachers are reporting that dividing language by teacher and never having to change languages is much easier than last year's language of the day approach. So glad we took the time to have our 3-day TWI institute as it really provided critical background knowledge for conversations this week.
Teachers are reporting lots of parent confusion with TWI. I need to schedule additional info sessions ASAP (interesting since every parent that registered has attending our introductory intro session--lots of time given to dual language. Must not have been clear messaging in the info sessions).
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