James Hosler

Improve your school through experience, research, and data.

James Hosler

I explore challenging ideas in education and write about school improvement from multiple perspectives.

  • Observation Guide for Foreign Langauge Classrooms

    Based on the examples of Susan Gross (.pdf) and Bryce Hedstrom (.pdf), I have created a guide for observing foreign language classrooms. Since so many observation guides are state- or district-mandated, they often lack relevancy for foreign language classrooms. I have made this guide to be applicable to the method of comprehensible input (CI) and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and…

  • A Look at Jobs in the TPRS Classroom

    Ben Slavic is a great resource for information about student jobs. This post is largely inspired by his work. If you are serious about using these (and many more) jobs in your classes, you’ll all least want to buy his books and will probably also want to subscribe to his online group. Giving various students jobs to do during…

  • Declension Relay

    Activity Name   Declension Relay Purpose   for students to review the case endings of Latin nouns and adjectives Objectives   Students will be able to…   -choose the correct set of endings for particular nouns and adjectives   -utilize an ending correctly based on case and number   -maintain a constant stem throughout a declension   -spell the endings correctly Standards  …