I'd really like to open this thread up again and take another try at it. Those of us in balanced literacy classrooms are fighting for our professional opinions and desperately need the most up-to-date research which supports comprehensive literacy, not direct instruction.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Our group (numbering 10) of Title 1 facilitators, literacy coaches and > classroom teachers are currently putting together a "Response to > Intervention" model within the Michigan district in which we work. > > My questions may seem somewhat ignorant, yet I get different replies > depending on where I look or who I ask. > > Our team is entirely Reading Recovery trained, but because of cost issues > the district decided to pull out of Reading Recovery for this academic year. > > My first and biggest issue: IF interventions are to be "research-based" > does that mean the intervention HAS to be "approved" by the What Works > Clearinghouse? Do the interventions have to be "programs" or in our case, > can we, as trained Reading Recovery teachers continue to do what we have > always done with children, and can we take our expertise and apply that to > small group settings? Can we train paraprofessionals to work one-on-one or > in small groups? > > Please let me know your understandings and how this is working within your > districts. > > I appreciate the sharing of any insight you might have. > > Susan > -- > Susan Nugent > > "We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of > the shore." - unknown > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
