Alan Lawrence Sitomer » part http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com Author, Educator, Speaker Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:42:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Single Sex Classrooms: Is what’s old new again? http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/12/02/1880-single-sex-classrooms-is-whats-old-new-again/ http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/12/02/1880-single-sex-classrooms-is-whats-old-new-again/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:30:19 +0000 Alan Sitomer http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/?p=1880 In a “what’s old is new again” type of teaching thrust, some schools are going old school and dividing kids by gender in the classroom. Here’s an article from the L.A. Times about an academy in our city that seems…

]]> http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/12/02/1880-single-sex-classrooms-is-whats-old-new-again/feed/ 0 Part 4: Why the “best” teachers are needed to teach our “middle level/average” students. http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/10/30/1749-part-4-why-the-%e2%80%9cbest%e2%80%9d-teachers-are-needed-to-teach-our-middle-levelaverage-students/ http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/10/30/1749-part-4-why-the-%e2%80%9cbest%e2%80%9d-teachers-are-needed-to-teach-our-middle-levelaverage-students/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:30:08 +0000 Alan Sitomer http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/?p=1749 In the fourth part of this series, I am going to chat about Why the “best” teachers are needed to teach our “middle level” students.

NOTE: Part I was, “Which students deserve our school’s best teachers?” Part II…

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NOTE: This was the question raised in Part I: which students deserve our…

]]> http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/10/29/1741-why-our-most-challenged-students-deserve-our-best-teachers-part-iii/feed/ 0 Part 2: Why Our Best Students Deserve Our Best Teachers http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/10/28/1737-why-our-best-students-deserve-our-best-teachers-part-ii/ http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/10/28/1737-why-our-best-students-deserve-our-best-teachers-part-ii/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:30:12 +0000 Alan Sitomer http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/?p=1737 In the second part of this series, I am going to chat about Why the “best” teachers are needed to teach our “best” students.

NOTE: This was a questions raised in Part I: which students deserve our school’s…

]]> http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/10/28/1737-why-our-best-students-deserve-our-best-teachers-part-ii/feed/ 0 Part 1: The answer as to which students deserve our school’s best teachers? http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/10/27/1731-the-answer-as-to-which-students-deserve-our-school%e2%80%99s-best-teachers-part-i/ http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/10/27/1731-the-answer-as-to-which-students-deserve-our-school%e2%80%99s-best-teachers-part-i/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:30:44 +0000 Alan Sitomer http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/?p=1731 So I am going to try something new and pose a question. Here we go: Which students deserve our school’s best teachers?

Next I am going to answer the question. (One sec.., it’s coming.) And then I am going to…

]]> http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/10/27/1731-the-answer-as-to-which-students-deserve-our-school%e2%80%99s-best-teachers-part-i/feed/ 0 Am I loopy for thinking looping is a good idea? http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/09/02/1154-am-i-loopy-for-thinking-looping-is-a-good-idea/ http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/09/02/1154-am-i-loopy-for-thinking-looping-is-a-good-idea/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:00:28 +0000 Alan Sitomer http://www.staging.electronichog.com/wordpress/?p=1154 Meeting all my students is always a great thing. I truly enjoy it every year. But there’s a part of me that knows deep down that if I had looped and stayed with my kids from last year for a…

]]> http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/09/02/1154-am-i-loopy-for-thinking-looping-is-a-good-idea/feed/ 0 The mysterious ways of the secret ninja teacher warrior http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/07/22/240-the-mysterious-ways-of-the-secret-ninja-teacher-warrior/ http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/2009/07/22/240-the-mysterious-ways-of-the-secret-ninja-teacher-warrior/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:30:11 +0000 Alan Sitomer http://www.staging.electronichog.com/wordpress/?p=240 A part of my teaching life is paralyzed by feelings of perpetual professional inadequacy. And I feel like I am not alone.

I mean I finally get a grip on how to effectively teach theme and then I recognize the…

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