EP169 The workshop model: beyond the basics (with Jen Bengel)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Workshop-style teaching generally has four basic parts: an opening, mini-lesson, work time, and debriefing. You can use the workshop model with ANY age of students and ANY subject area. My guest today is going to do a deep dive into an ELA or reading workshop model. This is most commonly used in grades 1-5 but kindergarten can also follow the model, and it works well at the secondary level.
A lot of what we discuss should be helpful no matter what subject you're using it for:
- How to keep a mini-lesson mini
- What the other kids are doing while you're conferencing with students or teaching small groups
- How to assess and take grades on what students are doing during the workshop.
Listen for practical advice from Jen Bengel, the owner and creator of Out of This World Literacy™️. She has spent 10 years in public schools as an elementary teacher and a literacy coach, and has spent the last 7 years as a full-time curriculum developer and professional developer. Jen trained under Irene Fountas at Lesley University and specializes in creating literacy curriculum and provides online professional development for teachers.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 169 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth |
| 0:11.0 | into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:15.7 | Today I'm going to be talking with Jen Bangle, a curriculum and professional development specialist, |
| 0:20.9 | and we'll be discussing all the ins and outs of the workshop model. |
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| 1:08.5 | So my guest today is my good friend Jen Bangle. She's the owner and creator of Out of This World literacy. |
| 1:15.5 | Jen spent 10 years in public schools as an elementary teacher and a literacy coach, |
| 1:19.5 | and she spent the last seven years as a full-time curriculum developer and professional developer. |
| 1:25.4 | Jen knows her stuff when it comes to the Workshop model. |
| 1:28.9 | She trained under Irene Fountess at Leslie University and specializes in creating literacy curriculum. She provides |
| 1:35.2 | all kinds of online professional development for teachers and I knew she'd be able to deliver a lot of value to |
| 1:40.4 | you in a short amount of time. So in this episode we're going to do a deep dive |
| 1:45.1 | into the workshop model. If you're not familiar with this it has four basic |
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