Bryce is coming to CFBISD! Save the date: August 1st 2018!!!!

All of us want to be better at our craft and develop our skills as teachers. As world language specialist I wanted to provide an experience to sharpen skills and inspire teachers as they prepared for a new school year. 

On August 1st 2018 we will welcome one of the most in demand speakers on the CI circuit.

(I know you are asking yourself: isn't it a little early to talk about next year? Actually, to land a 'big name' is not easy and generally takes over a year lead time. They are really popular speakers! We are fortunate to be able to get him! I wanted to make sure you put it on your calendar early! :))

I shared with him some of the goals we have for our learners here in CFB and he developed a workshop just for us! His workshop will provide all teachers with strategies and techniques to prepare us for a great year.

Read about Bryce here.

Some of the things we discussed:

• How can we as teachers be compelling yet stay in the target language 90%+ in the classroom?
• Stories can bring life to a classroom: how can we use them and even make our own? 
• How can we include reading more effectively in our classes? (with students at all levels, including NS)
• What are some language classroom management techniques that can keep learners focused on language acquisition?

This is the program Bryce worked on just for us!

WORKSHOP PROPOSAL FOR CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD

Bryce Hedstrom, brycehedstrom.com

Workshop Description:  This workshop will help world language teachers learn more about research-based methods of instruction along with many practical tips, techniques, and strategies for immediate use in the classroom. Parallel strategies in both literacy and oral language will be presented that engage heritage learners as well as non-native students. The focus will be on using differentiated comprehensible input-based methods that help all students acquire more language more quickly and with more engagement.

Attendees will receive an electronic packet of over 100 resources to help them implement the training they receive in this workshop.

Morning Session    Compelling Communication:  90%+ Target Language Use & More Interaction     8:30 – 11:30

I. What Is Teaching with Comprehensible Input?           

                                                Acquisition vs. Learning

                                                Input vs. Output

                                                Oral Language vs. Written Language

                                                Word Frequency Awareness & Resources

                                                Teaching Grammar Communicatively and Effectively  

                                                Parallel literacy strategies for native speakers                              

II. Getting Meaningful Repetitions                    

                Engaging students and getting compelling input with Special Person interviews

                Why Stories Engage Our Imaginations

                Basic Storytelling: Thumbnail Sketch and Resources for Developing Skills

Lunch on your own—or voluntary working lunch with discussion                                                             12:00-1:00

Afternoon Session   Teaching Reading Effectively                                                                                         1:00-4:00             

III. Compelling Reading? Is there Such a Thing?

Developing a Compelling Reading Program:  Why Read?

Whole Class Reading: The Backbone of the Curriculum

Free Reading: Where the Most Acquisition Comes From

Reading Aloud: Reading That Ignites Imaginations and Conversations

Reading Differentiation for Native Speakers

Kindergarten Reading: Every Kid’s Favorite Kind of Reading

Reading Materials

               

IV. No Instruction without Structure

A New Look at Classroom Management in World language Classes

Classroom Jobs: Shared Control

Time Saving Strategies

Relational Management: Using Peer Pressure to Help Learning Objectives

Body Language Awareness: It’s the Little Things

 “It disheartens me to see so many teachers try and then give up because they cannot make all the pieces of their teaching work right away. I also dislike the way that the inertia in education is crushing the dreams of so many gifted teachers and making students think that they are bad at learning.
It doesn’t have to be this way. I want to contribute to solving these problems of discouragement and abandonment of our profession by giving teachers hope. I believe that success in the classroom is possible; that students can learn and that teachers can be both productive and happy.
Bryce Hedstrom believes that honey works better than vinegar, that cooperation works better than competition, and that an encouraging smile works better than a disapproving scowl. His teaching emphasizes a comprehensible input-based approach which includes storytelling, acting, reading, music, student engagement and plenty of laughter.
Bryce is a high school teacher and teacher trainer in northern Colorado. He has a B.A. in Spanish and an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction.  Bryce has taught since 1989 at the elementary, middle school, high school, and college levels. He received the Best of Colorado award from the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers in 2008. 
He has written scores of books, articles, blogs and lessons to train teachers and to teach Spanish learners.  He produces training guides, posters and artwork for the same purpose.
Some of the most rewarding work he has done has been serving as an interpreter for short-term pediatric medical clinics in Mexico and Guatemala with a group of regional doctors.