The
video Reteach and Enrich: How to Make Time for Every Student introduces
a new student performance assessment project at Mesquite Elementary
School in Tucson, Arizona. The mission is to give students the opportunity to
master essential skills and knowledge before they move on to the next lesson.
To accomplish this each week there are defined curricular objectives. At
the end of each week students are assessed on those objectives. Depending on
each student individual assessment result they are assigned to either
reteach or enrich sessions the following week. The students assigned to reteach
sessions are re-taught the lessons from the previous week in a different
manner. They are given additional time for mastery. The students placed in the
enrich sessions are given the opportunity to expand and objectives beyond
the basics.
I personally love this video. The speaker opens the video speaking about the traditional classroom assessment methods and I can relate 100 percent. I can remember in my elementary classes that each week or every other week we were taught a new topic in almost every subject. After that week we moved on to something else. Luckily for me I was a student that learned in a timely manner. However, every student was not a fast learner and they were being left behind.The teachers had to move on to ensure every subject would be covered. But, what good is every subject being covered if it is not being comprehended?
This elementary school differ from the schools I attended for many different reasons. Mainly this is a small school and they have the privilege of being able to perform their reteach and enrich program. Instead of students being left behind they are able to master each objective and actually LEARN!!! These students are given the education that they deserve. I would love to have the opportunity to teach in such a life changing school. These students have a chance to become more successful, better test scores which leads to better education opportunities.
The author of this article attached with video is Mariko Nobori
http://www.edutopia.org/grade-level-k-2
I personally love this video. The speaker opens the video speaking about the traditional classroom assessment methods and I can relate 100 percent. I can remember in my elementary classes that each week or every other week we were taught a new topic in almost every subject. After that week we moved on to something else. Luckily for me I was a student that learned in a timely manner. However, every student was not a fast learner and they were being left behind.The teachers had to move on to ensure every subject would be covered. But, what good is every subject being covered if it is not being comprehended?
This elementary school differ from the schools I attended for many different reasons. Mainly this is a small school and they have the privilege of being able to perform their reteach and enrich program. Instead of students being left behind they are able to master each objective and actually LEARN!!! These students are given the education that they deserve. I would love to have the opportunity to teach in such a life changing school. These students have a chance to become more successful, better test scores which leads to better education opportunities.
The author of this article attached with video is Mariko Nobori
http://www.edutopia.org/grade-level-k-2
The concept of going week by week in order give every student the opportunity to master skills seems unique. I think that this allows children to go at their own pace and possibly try out different learning methods. However, at the same time, this differenciates the students socially on a weekly basis and may lead to other issues. What if a student is consistently being re-taught.. would that stuend be outcast and subjected to lone studies? Although I do think it is great that no child is being let behind in the lesson curriculum, I hope there's a standard way they're approcahing students who are continually retaught.
ReplyDeleteI love this concept! It shows that education today is becoming more personalized. It seems that the student is only in competition with themselves. This seems like a great way to motivate studemts and should give the teacher more time to invest in more generalized teaching. I think this is an original concept that many schools should model.
ReplyDeleteI didn't blog about this but i did watch the video. The concept is amazing. Motivating students to become more competitive only prepares them for future job endeavors.
ReplyDeleteI was not one that learned on a timely mainer. This ment that I usually got left behind when the teacher moved onto the next subject. I think that if we had this program when I was in Elementry school I would have had a better grasp of everything going on. :0)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you I think it is every up and coming teachers dream to teach in a classroom like that. So much emphasis is put on these standardized tests. And some students have anxiety over testing. If we can take the time to understand how each of our students learn, we will be able to make them better learners.I think we are slowly trying to get every classroom to operate in this manner.
ReplyDeleteI like you was one of those students who caught on easily. Learning was never a struggle for me. I thrived in the classroom. I was lucky. I think about my classmates who were very intelligent but they needed more time for concepts to sink in. They got left behind because of the pace of the class. Children have even more against them because there are so many distractions keeping them from focusing. I am a special education major so I will be doing a lot of the second tier re-teaching methods in my future position. It is so exciting that this school is taking full advantage of a multi-tiered approach. It is awesome that students are competing with themselves. Competition in schools can be very harsh on a child's self esteem. This school is doing it right! Students are getting IT! I think of all the students who are not being left behind at this school. There should not be any worries about students constantly being re-taught. The methods would change so that they could learn the concept or the child would receive more intensive supports. This is at least what I have been taught in my special education classes. High Praises for this school!
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a really good post! The idea of reteach and enrich is an amazing idea. I could see how this would be very effective in raising the childrens grades and also helping them get a better understanding of things. Do the students know which group they are in? I feel like if they knew they were in the "reteach" group, they would feel insecure about that and tehy may not be open to learn the material. If they didnt know this would be a great idea, and also it can help their communication skills and help separate the kids into different groups each week. This can help not only their learning, but the children can learn better social skills as well!
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