In order to share with you what others
are doing in the classroom, and as a salute to our "commitment to
excellence in everything we do...", I am going to occasionally spotlight
our Lowell High School Best Practitioners. Check it out and see what your
colleagues are doing as they incorporate differentiated learning strategies,
multiple intelligence initiatives, and other "best" practices into
their classrooms. If you know of colleagues who use innovative strategies, contact
me and I will try to include them in the next update.
Cheryl Boss
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Cheryl teaches Freshman English in the A House Cluster. She
often breaks her class into pairs or cooperative groups as her
students explore new concepts. Cheryl makes the whole group
responsible for a final product fostering cooperation and participation by
all members.
Using a constructivist approach in the computer lab,
Cheryl assigns members of the group different roles and
responsibilities. The group must then research, write, and put it
all together and present a final project to the class.
The final products often include collages, posters, drawings,
interviews, written papers, and oral presentations. By using this
wide variety of product options, Cheryl appeals to the diverse
learning styles of all her students.
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Anne Bienvenue
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Anne teaches Social Studies at Lowell
High. She uses a variety of learning strategies such as cooperative
grouping, brain storming, idea maps, and peer teaching just to mention a few.
Anne uses humor, compassion, and incisive questions to draw her
students into debate, open discussion, and high energy exchanges on
current events and contemporary history.
Like Cheryl, Anne gives her students a variety of assignment options
that allow her kids the opportunity to be successful. By targeting
individual strengths her students are comfortable, successful, and able to
produce their best work.
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