This Thursday,November 14, the English Language Arts Committee of the UFT will be hosting a workshop on deepening students' reading, writing, thinking, and collaboration:
Educational expert and noted author, Alan Dichter, will share strategies from his newest book “Protocols in the Classroom.” Join with colleagues from across the city as we consider how to support each other in a journey toward excellence and equity for all. Bring ideas or just yourself. Your contribution is your humanity. Prepare to think differently.
The event is free but RSVPing is preferred (so that we have enough refreshments).
A full menu of complimentary light refreshments will be served.
We make decisions by consensus so by joining us, a teacher takes an active role in teacher leadership.
We are also always looking for teachers who might want to share "best practice" and present at future committee meetings.
For more information and to RSVP, visit the ELA-UFT website.
What are the cultural divides within our countries? How well can we ever understand one another across those divides? A Filipino poem about an indigenous boy, published in this month's Words Without Borders, grapples with this question and hints at the risks of looking at another human being as if he is "a fish/ in an aquarium."
Interested in finding out about the impact of global literature on students' understanding of current events? Curious about how the latest educational theories hold up in practice? Or is there another research question you're eager to explore in your classroom?
All of This Belongs to Me, a novel by Petra Hůlová, translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker.
Three days in advance of International Translation Day, Columbia University’s East European Center at the Harriman Institute presented a panel discussion on the art of literature in translation and the business of publishing translated literature.
