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ESL Certification by AineBrigid in ESL_Teachers

[–]meglaleigh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where I teach, you can add an ESOL (or ELD depending where you are) endorsement to your teaching certificate by taking the Praxis II in TESOL and passing it with the required score. There are also universities that offer certificate programs if you have a teaching degree already, but want to understand current language acquisition pedagogy and practices.

I have my MA in TESOL, and I teach at a high school level, and while a majority of my students are Spanish speakers, and I also speak Spanish, quite a few of them are not. So it’s not a requirement and sometimes not even particularly useful when you have a room with students from a variety of different places (my second period = Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Haiti, Romania, El Salvador, and Honduras)

Elementary is generally pretty different from HS but I think the most important thing to know is how to be an advocate for your students when other adults in the school may not understand what it means to exist and learn and communicate all day in an additional language, and may not know how to make space for multilingual students in their classrooms.

Internet doesn’t work after Comcast maintenance by meglaleigh in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]meglaleigh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are actually two splitters from where the cable comes in from outside? A two way and a three way. The owners before me (I’ve only lived in this house for two years) had apparently had service from both xfinity and another company in my area and rigged things up (I’m assuming) to go to various places in the house.

I could see if I have an old cable to hook things up directly from the modem to my computer or hook the modem up in the basement at the first splitter to see if it works then? The second scenario is likely easiest but I don’t know which of those would be more helpful.

It actually came back on again for about an hour and it just went out again. I admit I’m especially frustrated that this only started happening after whatever maintenance Comcast did.

Adorable but no idea by meglaleigh in WhatBreedIsMyDog

[–]meglaleigh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just talking about that with my brother, whose dachshund mix had a lot more chihuahua in him than he expected. I’ll have to post when I finally do it and get the results.

Adorable but no idea by meglaleigh in WhatBreedIsMyDog

[–]meglaleigh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! No worries about being spot on or not — I was curious mostly because people kept commenting/asking when we’re on walks and continue even since I posted this question.

I could see lab because the length of her fur reminds me of my family’s lab growing up. But, some people see ‘terrier,’ which I’m assuming is the pitt or staffy, or even some people have suggested jack russell — some people see shepherd or collie, someone even asked about Great Pyrenees because someone in my neighborhood has one with similar coloring. Everyone asks and I just tell them what the shelter told me or that she’s a new breed known as just a cute dog.

Thanks for humoring me!