Hello ladies :) here is our first blog leader led post - yay!
In our reading in chapter eight of The Reading Specialist by Rita Bean she mentions a guideline for choosing a core reading program. Looking at that guideline, did your school district follow any of those when they adopted a core reading program? If they did, which guidelines did they follow? Did it affect your comprehensive literacy program? How does assessment fit in a comprehensive reading program?
Dr. Beach would like us to answer this question from our WSQ book:
What is the culture that you are trying to establish at your school? What is your vision for what the schoolwide reading culture will be? How will you identify the right balance between pressuring for change and supporting change? Who can you bring in (an outsider) to assist you in supporting the change process? What would that person’s role be?
I would love for us to discuss the first reflection question from chapter 8 of The Reading Specialist. "Think about the problems associated with large-scale change described earlier in this chapter as they relate to a school with which you are familiar. Does the school you are thinking about have any of those problems? Other?"
I chose that question because I know at least in my school there are always some teachers who resist new curriculum or change in general!
Happy blogging :)
