Gilbert Middle school is moving into its second year of full implementation of AIW. In an effort to support teachers' collaboration, prinicpal Chris Billings publishes teacher's weekly answers to the prompt:
What aspects of AIW (authentic intellectual work) will be incorporated this week?
Here is the response of an 8th English teacher:
- Students will have multiple opportunities to engage in . . .substantive conversation. Currently my morning classes still want to just raise their hands to speak during discussion, but occasionally in the afternoons we do get a rousing conversation going where people are jumping in and piggy-backing off what the person before them said -- it’s very exciting for me when this happens, and the kids find that the class period just flies by! It seems like everyone wants a chance to get a word in edgewise.
For more information on what Gilbert Middle school is doing please contact:
Chris Billings
Middle School Principal
Gilbert Community School
515-232-0540