Thanks, Kelly! will do. On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Kelly Andrews-Babcock < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > -- 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.
