Fifth in a series
Re “LaRose Cites When the ‘Art of Teaching’ Becomes Critical”
[img]1551|right|Dave LaRose||no_popup[/img]It was time for Question Three on School District Supt. Dave LaRose’s list of four in the new school term as the Common Core concept debuts.
Inextricably linked to Question Two – “how will we know if the students grasp and retain the new lessons?’ – Question Three is, “What do we do if they don’t?” asks Mr. LaRose. “That is a great deal of our focus now, how do we become systemic in our response when kids are struggling?
“Systemic.
“Targeted.
“Timely.
“How do we modify our schedules to make sure intervention can take place in real time, not after the semester is over?
“The language that is used commonly, if not morbidly, is ‘How do we use assessment as biopsy as opposed to an autopsy?’”
Mr. LaRose never slows.
Blazing is his regular speed.
At a blurring, excited, rat-a-tat-tat pace, the always-energized superintendent resumed his explanation of what is different this year.
“With some of the assessments,” he said, “how do we suddenly get in reactionary mode after you have been in a position of non-success and failure.”
Snapping his fingers, “we want to change that to be more responsive,” Mr. LaRose said.
“Question Four is, what do we do if kids already know that?”
Whose turn was it to exhale?
(To be continued)
