Teaching channel

Quick posts today and tomorrow.
This morning, I thought I'd go visit the Teaching Channel.Org, which has been a wonderful source of inspiration to me so far.  One of the first videos I watching this morning was from a 7th grade English classroom.  The teacher in this classroom decided to engage her students in the idea of understanding how their classroom learning and activities are connected to the common core standards.  She gave each student a copy of the standards and before starting on a new unit or concept, she connects back to the standards and goes through the language of the standards to show the students that their learning is purposeful and thoughtful.  I think it's a wonderful idea, and I also see as being transferrable into the school counseling curriculum and lessons.  Even though the common core standards have not yet come out for school counseling, there are definitely standards that could be connected to the overall teaching goals of the guidance lessons.  If an English teacher is using common core standards to connect the students to their learning, it could be a wonderful opportunity for a school counselor to build on that as well and show the students that what they're learning in one classroom has connections to other learning in the school.  So here's the short clip that got me thinking about all this.