Take Heart in the number of individuals that understand your plight.I too have lived it. I was hired and functioned cooperatively with administration in implementing a responsive literacy program that was not publisher -based but built on sound principles and the development of the teacher. Reading Specialists had a voice. then the tides turned and I was written up for speaking up...which was so difficult to understand at the time. I've been marginalized when the politics collided with the very core of my beliefs, training, and experience. I just got more education and I stand by my teaching in good conscience. Despite the arena and whether or not my knowledge is honored or denied, I wear no straight jacket. It is sometimes difficult and discouraging keeping a low profile when you feel the need to advocate for yourself and children but you can and will find your way to doing right by kids and living through these directives and programs. I have and we are now coming back to a balanced model without publishers and scripts. You will too. Funny thing...those facilitating this change seems to think it was misguided teachers who fell into the lure of the published program. Its no wonder teachers give in to saying, "Just tell me what to do." Not because they don't know but because they have been positioned by others to appear inadequate. Your situation is not new but you will see it pass. Take care.
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