Judy One other thing that really helped me...if you have the opportunity, take a course in Group Dynamics or on the Change process. They were eye-opening for me.
Jennifer Palmer Reading Specialist, National Board Certified Teacher FLES- Lead the discovery, Live the learning, Love the adventure. Reading furnishes the mind only with the materials of knowledge. It is thinking that makes what we read ours. -John Locke From: Judy Mazur Sent: Mon 3/31/2008 10:40 PM To: Special Chat List for "To Understand: New Horizons in ReadingComprehension" Subject: Re: [Understand] intellectual role models-was- backing up toChapter 1 Jennifer, thank for this long and thoughtful response, and thanks to Cathy and Nancy and Beverlee for helping me remember that we don't just model for our kiddos. First off, I like the people I work with--I hope I didn't sound disparaging. It's just that for years I've been touting MOT (and have even done some training) and they love what they see in my room-they love the IDEA--but there's not much transfer (to their rooms). History: my little district really invested several years in MOT--Ellin Keene even spoke to us for a morning and quite a few teachers were sent to Colorado for training. But then, alas, along came the politician's "program" and only a few of us held onto MOT (at times with the tips of our fingernails). Now the "program" is waning and I'm desperately trying to remind my colleagues of the wondrous thinking that comes from real reading. I think I need to take Jennifer's marvelous advice and work within our collaborative model. I need to think of some ways to make it easier for others to buy in. In my dreams I work in a school where every classroom works on comprehension strategies during reading before moving onto a true writer's workshop. Ahhhhh. Never say die, Judy _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
