Ashley and others - Richard Allington's work is the place to look! He talks specifically on the subject of putting struggling students with the most expert teacher. Carrie K-8, IL
>From Ashley: This year our principal has opted to send our weakest students to a room w/ three teacher's assistants. Prior to this, the highest students were sent while classroom tchrs worked w/lowest five students (30 min.daily). I am strongly opposed to this move. With a reading specialist degree, and nat. board candidate in literacy, I know that the at-risk students need me, their classroom teacher. I have a vested interest in their learning and I know about their interests and learning styles. I certainly have studied the field of education, esp. reading more that than the tchr aides. I will say their classroom offers a nice variety of materials (that look as new today as they did five years ago). Anyway, I need research regarding the importance of at- risk, weak learners benefiting from instruction from their teacher rather than a teacher's assistant. Thank you, Ashley _______________________________________________ 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.
