I worked with Morri Pace in a 3 year cohort. I attended multiple professional development sessions, and participated in monthly coaching sessions. I taught lessons using FRAME (as well as other content enhancement routines) to both self contained special education classes and larger general education classes that consisted of students of all levels from the gifted learner to special education students as well as to English language learners. I video taped several of these implementation sessions and participated in group reflections with my cohort, my PLC and my mentor. The biggest challenge was in the initial planning stage to be sure that the content of the FRAME was streamlined enough for the challenged learner and interesting enough for the gifted learner. I am very excited about using and sharing FRAME because every time I have used it, I found that students were always actively involved in co-constructing and seemed to enjoy it. I also found that whatever lesson I taught using FRAME, the students did better on assessments, scoring higher on tests and quizzes which indicated a greater retention and understanding of the concepts. I also found that fellow teachers appreciated this more than other Professional Development.
