L ANGUAGE R ESOURCE C ENTER 2012 Ashley Kingston Juan C Lozada

L ANGUAGE R ESOURCE C ENTER M ISSION The goal of the Language Resource Center is to serve, support, and promote learning English at all levels within the school’s community. Students Teachers Parents

B ORROWING T ECHNOLOGY Try to book computers or LCD projectors in advance to guarantee availability. Plan ahead. Do not send students! Proper use of the projector. Hey student. Can you run to the LRC and get me a video beam?

C LASSROOM M ANAGEMENT IN THE LRC Entering Teachers should try to enter first Students should take off their shoes and already know what section to sit in Strict consequences for students who do not enter correctly (3 minute time out, isolation from friends, loss of computer/game time, etc.) Leaving Call small groups of students to put on their shoes Students who have a birthday in… Students who names start w/… Students who are fans of…

W HAT ’ S NEW THIS YEAR ? Two coordinators Juan: LRC manager In charge of more day to day functions of the LRC. Ashley: Facilitator Coordinator. In charge of more big-picture ideas and activities in the LRC and the English Department: Homecoming, ESOL testing Always available as a resource for any English language questions anybody has. LRC open during the recesses (excel schedule) Only the weeks you have sessions in the LRC LRC Lesson Plan Wiki

W HAT ELSE IS NEW ? Lesson plans (in advance) Check the Wiki for the LRC session schedule in order to know when you need to have your lessons uploaded. If you know what topic you will be covering in your next session in the LRC but are not sure what to do with your lesson, you can us for lesson ideas. (Try to contact us a week in advance.) Cancellations. Please tell us in advance if your class will miss their session. We will reschedule other class instead. Books and materials will be organized by sections. Other teachers will be practicing (blenglish and conversation clubs) Skype (exchange)

C OOL IDEAS Video activity The Office Due Date Silly Songs w/ actions Computer Activities Raz-Kids Writing Prompts (What did you do over break?) Other web pages Games Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, etc. Flyswatter Game Running Dictation Picture Password

A FTER S CHOOL IN THE LRC Can-do statements soon to be posted for each grade level and for this reason… This means that teachers need to personally walk students who want to stay to LRC after school for three main reasons. 1. To make sure their students are actually coming to the LRC 2. To make sure their students have their portfolio and/or autonomous work 3. To quickly tell Juan and Ashley what can-do statement each student needs to develop or whether or not a student wants to work autonomously Profile of kids (use of space) vs (students with a real need)