{"id":220,"date":"2013-03-01T05:22:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T05:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/?p=220"},"modified":"2013-03-11T19:53:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T19:53:17","slug":"props-to-english-and-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/2013\/03\/01\/props-to-english-and-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Props to English and Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was reflecting upon the rounds that I enjoy making at Williston and two moments coalesced and inspired this post.\u00a0 The first was an English department meeting which only a former English teacher could love. During the period, our department had a deep discussion on the use of the semi-colon. (Actually, much more was happening, too, as those in the group challenged one another\u2019s ideas about teaching writing and how students analyze different texts.) “What a great moment,” I thought. It showed that our adopted schedule<\/a> has given Williston’s professionals time to do what they do best.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Being peripatetic, I encountered another such moment\u2014but this one the result of considerable labor, time, and planning. The Modern Language department’s curricular review team (the final visit of outside experts in a year-long process) created a report about how we teach languages at Williston. Everything from the use of technology to \u201cbackward design\u201d has been discussed, challenged, and tested.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure how many of our students know the extent to which our teachers are committed to life-long learning, but\u00a0Williston’s teachers model the message\u2014the same message they deliver every day in classrooms across campus.\u00a0\u00a0Their continuous professional development demonstrates that good teaching is no accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was reflecting upon the rounds that I enjoy making at Williston and two moments coalesced and inspired this post.\u00a0 The first was an English department meeting which only a former English teacher could love. During the period, our department had a deep discussion on the use of the semi-colon. (Actually, much more was happening, … Continue reading Props to English and Languages<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/headofschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}