Stretching / Spring 2020

This section is for you to own your stretching practice by putting together the main asanas of your own routine: 1) mountain pose, 2) tree pose, 3) upper salute, 4) standing forward bend, 5) downward facing dog, 6) extended triangle pose, 7) warrior II pose, 8) extended side angle pose, 9) warrior pose I, 10) half moon pose, 11) intense side stretch pose, 12) wide legged standing forward bend, 13) child's pose, 14) corpse pose,   As always, your stretching session has three parts: warm up, alignment and stretching yoga style. --------------------------------- I. WARM UP     Body Warm-Up Let us do our isolation warm-up routine as we have done in class: neck shoulders arms torso hips legs ankles ----------------------- II - Alignment Body Alignment (2:00 min) Close your eyes Imagine a string pulling you from the top of your head up towards infinite Elongate of your neck relax your shoulders Imag...

7Cs Survey The student-perception survey (or 7 Cs Survey) was originally created and refined at Harvard University by Dr. Ron Ferguson. Tailored for grade levels K-2, 3-5 and 6-12, the surveys helped assess teachers’ content knowledge, pedagogy, and relationship-building skills. They allowed students to assess their classroom experience with each teacher across 7 dimensions.  Thus, the ‘Seven Cs’ Surveys, administered through Cambridge Education, measured “what teachers do (what students experience).” I have adapted the survey to measure the impact that online/remote/asynchronous (non-recorded) instruction has had on students.  The seven Cs’ are: 1.  Caring about students (Encouragement and emotional support) 2.  Captivating students (Learning seems interesting and relevant) 3.  Conferring with students (Students sense their ideas are respected) 4.  Clarifying*lessons (Success seems feasible) 5.  Consolidating knowledge (Ideas...