Linda, I have also been also watching the posts and feel that the dialogue is healthy for us all to think. I just want to disagree respectfully with a portion of your statement
> think scripts have a place for some teachers especially if > they are new to teaching. Most of us have years of teaching and practice, but > for new people they help to start. It takes a while to get things under your > belt, and the script does guide them to some extent. I feel like that is a fall back for new teachers. I am also a seasoned teacher of 20 years but in ALL 20 years I have not used a scripted program to guide my decision making and to get me "started". I was taught early on about research of best practice and decision making in my classroom and have been given empowerment to make those decisions. Certain programs have been used to supplement and give some children the extra support they need but I was the decision maker around what to use and what not to use. I agree that ANY program is a tool to be used in our toolbox but the problem occurs when others use that tool only. You wouldn't use a hammer to screw in a Phillips screw. It would might possibly get the screw into the hole but will it "hold". Will scripted programs "hold their learning" for all children? Just a question that I am thinking about. I personally feel the argument of new teachers need a type of "crutch" to get started allows them to use that crutch later on. Maybe you just touched on my soap box because there are teachers in my district wishing for a scripted program and their basis is because of the "new" teachers. We need to not only teach our children to be thinkers, we need to teach our teachers to be thinkers. Again, Linda, I appreciate your commitment to education. It's wonderful how you have been able to fit it all together. That is because of your decision making and empowerment as a teacher. Let's pass that on to the next generation of teachers. Jennifer 1st Grade Colorado > Hi Everyone, > > I having been watching the posts, and I love what Laurie and Amy said about > scripted programs. For some students, Corrective reading or Reading Mastery > are the only programs that work. I also like what they said about scripted > programs being a tool and how you need to know the students and fit the needs > of all students. I think scripts have a place for some teachers especially if > they are new to teaching. Most of us have years of teaching and practice, but > for new people they help to start. It takes a while to get things under your > belt, and the script does guide them to some extent. Unfortunately not all > teachers take the time to do strategy work. We are supposed to use the script, > and I do (partially) - but I have found that I can fit the strategy work in > with it. Ellin's work and the ideas of this listserv have become such a part > of what I do, it is just a natural part of my teaching now so I fit it all in > together. > > Linda > > Amy wrote: > > "The script cannot and will not ever replace what a teacher can do. Again, it > is >> an empowering tool if you know how to make it work for the kids. But it is >> not >> the script or the program per se that is teaching the kids to read....it's >> the >> teacher making it work for the kids. " > Laurie wrote: > > Hello All, >> >> >> >> I have something very simple to say in response to the recent thread on the > listserve regarding a certain reading program: It is not programs that teach, > but teachers who are well informed practitioners who teach. Staff development > is a key component, but, in my opinion, scripted programs assume that teachers > don't know enough about their subject matter to teach it effectively. From > where > did this assumption come? Definitely something to consider, especially in > light > of the incredible research that has generated the likes of this listserve. > Thank > you Elin Keene and Company. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
