It would certainly reduce the 50 per cent attrition rate in 5 years. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
-----Original Message----- From: Carol Meyer <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:59:48 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<[email protected]> Reply-To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] a professor's reply I think that pre-service teachers need to spend an entire year in a class room start to finish to get an idea of what it's all about. Spending 8 weeks in this or that classroom, designing lessons for a subject or two never prepare you for the actual reality that hits you when you get your first classroom. If they had that year to see the classroom advance and take notes I think it would be very helpful. Carol M --- On Tue, 7/13/10, Beverlee Paul <[email protected]> wrote: From: Beverlee Paul <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] a professor's reply To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 10:58 PM Yes > > > > > > So then to add to what you are saying Bev, it is the teachers' college who > should be responsible for adding more hours of in school/class observation > and/or student teaching. When I graduated college back in the day my first > classroom experience was student teaching which came at the end. 3 months > was just not enough in my opinion. The teachers we get in now are in shock > for about one month of the three they are with us. They have not been > prepared for what they will encounter when they walk into a classroom, > especially in a Title One school setting. I truly believe colleges need to > send their candidates out from the very beginning. > > Laura > > > > Yes, Laura. As with anything, learners need a gradual release to > responsibility. Any college student who is interested in elementary or > early childhood ed should get into a school to watch modeling > ASAP--preferably their second semester. I do know not all kids know career > interests that soon, though. Then, throughout the rest of their college > career, they should have experience in a variety of classrooms with > increasingly more active and responsible roles. I also have a real problem > with colleges that require only a semester of student teaching, then gives > them two assignments. Of course, I know that more experiences makes them > more employable, but eight weeks just doesn't cut it for this profession, > IMHO. A semester makes them a true apprentice and they can better be > inducted into the profession. The small college my daughter attended even > had classes the kids could take as juniors and seniors in high school. They > worked with the high schools so that the H.S. students could work in > elementary schools for an hour a day and receive duel credit. In her case, > it was also free, and you could start your college career with a bit of a > head start. I also think that would weed out some folks that have > Disneyland ideas about teaching!! _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
