It's so hard to go it alone. Thank goodness you have this group!! On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Yingling <[email protected]> wrote:
> As of right now, we don't have a basal and at my level we use novels. But, > that will probably change next year and it's not because of our principal. A > lot of our teachers want a basal because - I'm quoting here - it will tell > me what to do! I can't believe this! I'm getting so frustrated because I > simply think they're being lazy. I have repeatedly shared websites, > resources, and yahoogroups with them but now of them choose to use them. I > think only one other teacher in the building has even heard of MOT or > Strategies That Work. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> Is there any schools/districts who are not invested in a "program" or >> series and using a comprehensive literacy model approach finding data and >> research providing the effectiveness? I am wondering because I am in a >> school that once had a balanced literacy model implemented then when >> administration and times changed, so did the model and they went with a >> basal series to provide "continuity" which some teachers need and love and >> left others feeling hopeless. I have been looking at models again but know >> that with funding issues, implementing a model in its entirety may not be >> the most effective if it doesn't get implemented in it entirety! So, are >> there any schools that have created their own literacy frameworks and allows >> it to grow and change based on their students' needs? >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes _______________________________________________ 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.
