As the time for midyear data collection rolls around, I am finding Bev, that
some of these intervention programs work and work well.
Thank you for your post.? My job description breaks down in a very similar
way.? We have a model of reading recovery primarily implemented by IA's trained
specifically for this intervention.? I was recently trained in Wilson and am
finding for one of my students it's unlocked the world of print!? For the other
student, the memory issues make progress slow baby steps.? We also use Read
Naturally, and for some children, it's a 2nd dose of guided reading in leveled
text in a small group.
That pull of "my gut" and "in the box" is continuous, but I still find that
"teacher decision making and quality instruction" is what makes "in the box"
work.
That said...
Would you share with us which of your interventions programs you find work best
at which grade levels??
How did you determine which program to use with particular students??
Would you also clarify....do the IA's do Wilson, etc. and you do the in class
support or do you do both??
-Martha
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To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 8:58 pm
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions
Beverly
I am struggling with this whole issue myself. About 50% of my job
description as reading specialist is intervention...25% assessment and 25%
staff
development.
District support for our homegrown intervention program (which was modeled
after reading recovery) was pulled this year and programs had to be research
based and approved through our district intervention committee. When I asked
what research based meant, I was told..."It comes in a box."
So, to make a long story short, kicking and screaming, I trained my IAs and
we are now using Wilson, Wilson Fundations, SIPPS, Soar to Success and Fluency
Formula. In addition to the programs, the at risk students get intervention
in the classroom as I plug in and teach the regular balanced literacy
curriculum side by side with regular educators and special educators. SO...the
kids
get an intervention program based on their reading needs and an extra teacher
in the room for the regular curriculum to lower the teacher student ratio
for the most at risk students.
As the time for midyear data collection rolls around, I am finding Bev, that
some of these intervention programs work and work well. I think if these
programs are supplemental, and are added to balanced regular QUALITY, balanced
classroom instruction, they can be of help to kids. This realization led to a
"crisis of faith" for me. I have disliked the scripted lessons as I have
always had the deepest belief that it is teacher decision making and quality
instruction that makes the difference rather than a program. Yet, here I am,
forced to admit that children in my SIPPS program are learning to read at a
faster rate than they would have with just my intervention within the
classroom.
Perhaps it is how these programs are used and if they are used with the
right kids at the right time and for short periods of time in conjunction with
balanced literacy instruction, then they might add an extra element that will
lead to student success. I still have the decision making power within the
classroom and I still choose which intervention to place students in....but my
job just isn't as much fun, and not as creative as it used to be. (Though I do
get home a lot earlier...)
Jennifer
tIn a message dated 1/13/2009 4:15:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
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.
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