[ola] Re: Are Your Courses Semester or Year-Long?
- From: Warren Billings <wbillings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:26:14 -0400
Thanks, everyone. Full year 55 min. classes it is!
On Monday, March 16, 2015, Harris Levinson <hlevinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All language classes at our public high school are now yearlong, though we
> were on a trimester schedule for 12 years that meant students had one
> trimester without a language class.
>
> Our classes are typically ~60 minutes in length, though we have block
> periods every other week that last for about 1'45".
>
> I'd strongly suggest that your administration consider the fallout from
> moving from full-year to one-semester-long language classes.
>
> Harris Levinson
>
> 2015-03-16 14:36 GMT-07:00 Eliza Pfeifer <epfeifer@xxxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','epfeifer@xxxxxxxxxx');>>:
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>> One and two are year long and 43 minutes. Three, Four, Film, Culture and
>> Conversation and AP are semester courses and are 90 minutes. This works
>> relatively well.
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>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Shahla Brown <sbrow@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sbrow@xxxxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
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>>> I used to teach 94-minute blocks and it would have been difficult for
>>> lower level students to stay only in Spanish for that long. I taught more
>>> traditionally then and it was still a challenge some days. Once they are
>>> in the higher levels it was fine except that then they would have semesters
>>> or even almost an entire year between one level and the next.
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>>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Martin Kathryn <kmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
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>>>> Semester long is tough if they are doing a year’s worth in one
>>>> semester. Sometimes they have months between semesters and forget a lot.
>>>>
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>>>> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx');> [mailto:
>>>> ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx');>] *On Behalf
>>>> Of *Warren Billings
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, March 16, 2015 11:58 AM
>>>> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx');>
>>>> *Subject:* [ola] Are Your Courses Semester or Year-Long?
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>>>> My guidance dept. is asking about switching from year to semester-long,
>>>> I don't know what to do!
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>>>>
>>>> What do you do?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Warren Billings
>>>>
>>>> Spanish Teacher
>>>>
>>>> Pittsfield Middle High School
>>>>
>>>> Pittsfield, NH
>>>>
>>>> Telephone: (603) 435-6701 x4226
>>>>
>>>> Visit our Website! http://pittsfieldspanish.weebly.com/
>>>>
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>> Eliza Pfeifer
>>
>> Spanish Instructor | St. Mary’s Academy
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> Harris Levinson
> Teacher, Adviser
> Vashon Island High School
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> Tel: 206.463.9171 x141
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Warren Billings
Spanish Teacher
Pittsfield Middle High School
Pittsfield, NH
Telephone: (603) 435-6701 x4226
Visit our Website! http://pittsfieldspanish.weebly.com/
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