I have not done round robin reading for about a million years and I can't imagine doing it as a general practice. However, I am going to go off on a different tangent here than everyone else did.
My first question is, "How often does your TA need to take your place?" Once a week? Once a month? If it's once a month or less, what's the big deal? I don't think an occasional bout of round robin reading is going to damage anyone for life. Some kids might like it. Others might consider it a break. :-) Now, if it's more often, like once a week, then I can see the problem and am wondering what kind of directions you leave her with. She works for you, after all, yes? Do you leave explicit instructions that she doesn't follow, or do you leave her general instructions that leave her room to do what she wants to do? If you leave her explicit directions to follow, and she doesn't do so over and over, then I would say first you talk to her, tell her you need her to do what you ask because YOU are the one who needs to take responsibility for the children's learning, and if she then continues to do what she wants, then you go to the principal. You don't even need to be detailed, just "My TA is not following my directions when I need to leave the classroom and it's causing confusion for my students." or some such thing. And I like the idea of a workshop... maybe for all the TAs? Renee On Jul 21, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Joy wrote: > I don't do round robin reading in my class. Never have. However, my > new TA, who is wonderful in every other way, is disturbed by this. She > feels so strongly about it that whenever she has had to fill in for me > (IEP meetings and the like) she makes a point of doing this with my > class. It is important for me to win her over without hitting her with > a bunch of research and data, and I don't want to involve the school > administration (like I said, she is WONDERFUL the BEST TA I've had > yet). What would you suggest I do? > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and > content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web > links. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master. ~ Leonardo da Vinci _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
