Hi! I got my "Council Chronicle" from NCTE today, and there's an article on middle level literacy which says in part:
>The effort to increase students' competencies with complex texts must >involve not only English language arts teachers, but also those who teach >in the content areas. The NCTE Principles of Adolescent Literacy Reform >stresses the importance of professional development that provides >content-area experts with additional training in literacy instruction. > >When schools create professional communities in which English, math, >science, and social studies teachers collaborate with and support each >other in delivering the most effective interdisciplinary instruction >possible, students thrive. What do you think of these opinions - do you agree, partially agree, disagree? What is your school doing along these lines that has been successful? If your school isn't doing much but you wish it were, what are the impediments to this kind of progress that you are experiencing? So many questions - almost as many as my students ;-) Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
