Three of us from my district attended a three day training sponsored by our
state department of education last August. The instructors were trainers
from Ashlock Consulting. The three of us liked what we saw, but didn't
think it was a magic bullet. The training was billed as something that
would help us implement our basal more effectively. Part of the training
had us go through our basal and research how well it taught the Big Five.
The rest of the training was spent in learning the procedures of the lesson
templates. There are about 17 different lesson templates that span the Big
Five. I think Ms. Ashlock has had training or experience with DIBELS and
Reading Mastery. Many of the procedures were similar to what we had seen in
DIBELS and Reading Mastery training. We did think this training was better
than Reading Mastery.
Our district employs a lot of reading aides. We thought the lesson maps
would be great for our aides. Because we always have new aides, consistent
training would help the aides considerably. We also thought the templates
would help with pacing. The phonemic awareness and phonics lessons would
not take much time. Some of the templates taught the skill better than the
way it was taught in the basal. Using the lesson templates give a school
consistent vocabulary and instructional routines across grade levels.
The templates stress signals, oral response from all students, immediate
corrections of errors, and modeling. The training also was a good review of
the Big Five.
The training spent just a bit of time on the lesson maps. We did not
purchase the lesson maps, but the other two teachers that went with me
thought they would be very helpful because they help teachers decide what is
important to teach in the basal. There are teachers in our district who
have difficulty deciding what not to teach in the basal. I would think that
the lesson maps would save you time rather than take more time.
The training and lesson maps are pricey. You can't get the lesson maps
unless you go through the training. Perhaps your district has a special
arrangement with Ashlock Consulting.
Our district is hoping the state department of education will offer more
trainings next summer. Then we would encourage more teachers to attend.
Let me know if you have more questions.
Thank you,
Barb Parry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeanette Hayden" <jeanette...@gmail.com>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
<mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions
My concerns:
The comments I have heard seem to support the hope in this being the
"magic bullet". Everyone who has had this training has said how
wonderful it is. I believe most of the "Literacy Specialists" I have
spoken with have never taught primary children the joy of reading and
writing, so that could be on of the issues. Another might be the gang
mentality.
I have heard statements about this woman being brilliant and so very much
admired.
Many of our new teachers have not had the reading process and theory Lori
refers to, so they believe (want to believe) this is the answer.
I am curious how many districts have bought this method and would
appreciate those who have had training to please share your insights.
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