Norma, As I understand your latest post... you are not asking how to implement RW and Cafe but rather how to get others to try it.... I think teacher book clubs (chapter by chapter) on Cafe and Calkins, videos of which there are a slew...classroom demonstrations, workshops, and open discussion without administration are ways that we moved in our district.... the proof, however, is with assessments and student individual progress... Change is slow, so be patient and keep modeling and doing demonstration lessons... it has been my experience that there are always new ideas in education and everyone always thinks it will be the magic bullet.... plus with core standards and more to do with less the profession becomes overwhelming at times... But most teachers are really budding teacher leaders.... higher standards with less anxiety really must stem from your coaches... whether they be in title or no.... Pam sorry about my last post... trigger fingers. In a message dated 8/18/2011 8:43:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Renee, I guess whether their strategies are working are the case in point. One classroom that I worked in this year, the teacher "dragged" the class thru a "T" level book. It took 3 weeks. The higher readers in the room are capable of reading several harder books a week and the lower kids in the class had great difficulty following it. One day when the teacher was late for class, one of the remedial reading students on my caseload turned to me and said, "I don't know what's going on." We were 3/4 of the way thru the book at that point. So, I guess that's why I'm such a strong advocate of the RW model. I feel that students benefit a great deal from reading books at an appropriate level that they're interested in. I may not be right, but I'm hoping I'm closer than that misguided teacher. Also with total whole class instruction very few people were getting what they needed. An old man once said, "There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living." ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Renee <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Workshop and/or Cafe model Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:55:49 -0700 I have to say that there is a part of me that is not supportive of dragging other teachers away from their strategies..... IF those strategies are working for THOSE teachers. I say this from the perspective of one who was the only person in my building using a math workshop approach. I never felt the need to have other teachers do what I was doing, and I was very glad that nobody tried to drag me into their shift into direct instruction. There are two sides to this coin. Just a thought... Renee _ ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 _______________________________________________ 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
