I have followed your posts here for a long time B, and in following your posts have been witness to your dedication and passion for the highest possible best practice of literacy instruction. To stand by now and watch the loss of teaching staff and what so many have worked so hard for is shattering. And that is stating the obvious. There will be a place for your wonderful teachers and for you. And, we can only hope that those kids who most need what you were giving them are not the biggest losers in all of this. I am truly sorry Bev. So sorry. --- On Sun, 15/2/09, Maureen Robins <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Maureen Robins <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] heartbreak > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Received: Sunday, 15 February, 2009, 4:43 AM > where are you located? > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Beverlee Paul <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > > > I guess this is a Dear John kind of post, in a > way. Ironically, this list > > is the only place I can actually "talk" about what > just happened in our > > school district. You probably understand at > least as much about the depth > > of despair our staff feels. The backstory: > We are 2 and 1/2 years into a > > strong, district-supported, balanced literacy > movement, which follows on > > the > > heels of years of workshop, etcetera teaching, always > reaching toward best > > practice. We have what I consider an > extraordinary staff. We won the 2008 > > International Reading Association Exemplary Program > Award for our state. > > > > I can't imagine why any of us would reach deep down to > understand effective > > comprehension, or any other kind of effectiving > instruction, given the > > latest events in my district. Why would we want > to know more and more > > about > > what is out there to make a better way? > > > > Our superintendent just announced yesterday that, in > addition to the layoff > > of 20% of our staff which was announced in December, > we're about to commit > > to an enormous outlay of funds -- to purchase Reading > Mastery. > > > > Our school has a 64% poverty rate (free and/or reduced > lunches), a 25% > > mobility rate, a 35% minority rate, 2400 square miles > in our district > > (think > > something larger than two of our states--Rhode Island > and somewhere else), > > an extraordinary staff, and wonderful families. > > > > But RM has guaranteed that all our children will TEST > at least in the upper > > half of the nation (probably higher) by the end of > third grade. > > > > Anybody have any openings for 25 amazing teachers? > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > Make Yahoo!7 your homepage and win a trip to the Quiksilver Pro. Find out more _______________________________________________ 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.
