I am in serious need of your input and expertise about reading curriculum alignment. This year I am part of the instructional leadership team at my school. We know we need to change, but need a clear direction. Allow me to share some background information. I know is a lot, but I would truly appreciate if you read it. - This is how reading instruction looks like in my school: teachers teach any standard they want. We don't know what is going on in other classrooms. We don't collaborate and there is animosity and competition among the grade levels over test scores. - We have a new principal who would like to see instructional alignment, but is not being specific with how that alignment looks like in practice. - I am not an expert on alignment, but I came up with a plan that specify the genres and standards ALL reading teachers will focus on every grading period. Teachers are welcome to teach more standards if they want, as long as they take care of those few standards. Before and during this period teachers will collaborate and help each other. - The principal liked the plan, BUT, an influential teacher, who is also part of the leadership team, thinks the plan is a hindrance to teachers' autonomy. In her mind, our alignment should be: get familiar with the standards and make sure you teach them all before the end of the year. -We are meeting next week to have a discussion about it. PLEASE enlighten me about how effective instructional alignment looks like in practice. We have been operating in autonomy mode and the school hasn't moved forward. Our test results are sad.
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