Tackling Four Preps with One Prep Period (Part I)
Yesterday, I indulged my less-confident side, and wondered what I would do if I left K-12 education. Today, it’s time to bounce back.
(Day 9 of the 30-Day Writing Challenge)
Each course is a “prep.” Each has its requirements, curriculum, units, standards, and lessons. To teach the course effectively, teachers use strategies proven successful for that content and those skills. When we have four (or some of my friends have more) preps and one prep period, we need to find a way to manage the tasks associated with them more effectively.
Find Commonalities
This semester, I teach AP Literature and Composition, English 11, Creative Writing I, and Journalism. What are the commonalities among those courses?
Theme and Main Idea
Theme and Main Idea are important to each of these courses. Although each student group will need scaffolding and differentiated instruction, the foundation can be the same. I may even find that all students need the same level of scaffolding and differentiated instruction. Once I meet my students, I will know.
