Ashley, Allington's book "What Really Matters in Response to Intervention" is all research that backs up just what you are saying. Chapter 7 is Delivering Intervention by Expert Teacher. Buy it for your principal with that section highlighted!! Good luck. Kelly AB
On 10/25/09 7:27 PM, "kelley dean" <[email protected]> wrote: 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 -- Kelley Dean _______________________________________________ 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.
