I’ve been thinking a lot about conferring again. I’ve recently read a couple of books on the topic and have decided it is an area I want to focus on for the rest of this school year. Several posts ago I shared my epiphany about how much the daily work of a teacher is like …
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Doctors and Conferring
I’ve been struggling with some neck pain for a little over a year. Several weeks ago I finally went to see my doctor about it. As I was waiting for him to enter my exam room, I was thinking about conferring with our students. Weird, I know, but follow my line of thinking here. I …
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Do Conferring Notes Really Matter?
I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked this question. Teachers who ask this are not questioning the value of conferring itself, just the notetaking that comes during/after the conference. Typical reasons I hear against notetaking: “If I spend time writing notes, I end up conferring with fewer students.” “I don’t know …
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