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David Jahner's Page
Latest Activity
David Jahner replied to Bonnie Peterson Flint's discussion responsibilities"Hi Bonnie - Here you go:"
David Jahner replied to Greta Lundgaard's discussion Music"High energy music during breaks is always a good thing. I need to do a better job of playing more international music - so that's a good tip."
David Jahner replied to Greta Lundgaard's discussion Music"Enya works really well for times when you want participants to reflect."
David Jahner replied to Greta Lundgaard's discussion Books"I just finished Dan Pink's new book, Drive - which talks a lot about intrinsic motivation. There's a great link to TED where he gives a quick summary of the book - the key really seems to be how do we motivate students to do their best -…"
David Jahner replied to Greta Lundgaard's discussion Target Language Teaching"I've spent a good bit of my career trying to get MYSELF as well as teachers to think about teaching in the target language. After all, the students only hear the language (primarily) for that 45 - 90 minutes that they are in class each day, so…"
Profile Information
- Name of District, City, & State
- Gwinnett County Public Schools, Suwanee, GA
- My regional FL conference is:
- SCOLT
- My primary supervisory K-12 responsibilities are at this level:
- District
- Number of Teachers that I supervise:
- 200+
- Do you have a website for your program?
- No
- What is the current focus of your work?
- We continue to work on performance based assessments, providing support for new teachers, as well as integrating technology. We are also working at building a K-12 program in one of our clusters.
- What are your three areas of expertise (for sharing with other members)?
- performance based assessments
support for new teachers
language lab technology
- What is your greatest area of concern for your district?
- lack of fiscal resources to maintain momentum
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 11:35am on March 23, 2010,
Thomas Sauer said… - Hey David! Thank you for trying out the new NADSFL website. We are simply doing some field tests over the next coming weeks before promoting it to all members. Let me know what you think (what do you like, what is missing, what else would you like to see).
Latest Activity
Karen deFur commented on Greta Lundgaard's event Summer Leadership Academy"I agree! It was wonderful and I look forward to participating again this year.
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Leslie Baldwin replied to James R. Yoder's discussion Proficiency Levels?"Those are higher than the exit proficiency expectations we have set in NC. We also differentiated expectations by mode of communication and language type. You can see what we did by looking at the tables in the intro part of the…"
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