Wow, you are so lucky. Our district is still everyone should be on the same page. Deborah Lawson
Sent from my iPad On May 30, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Renee <phoenix...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I, for one, am very happy to hear this and hope that it continues. Sadly, > where I substitute, they are still training all the teachers in "direct > instruction" and everything revolves around test scores, with increasing > numbers of tests every year, both standardized and district-created, and > piles of test prep materials growing bigger every year, with principals and > superintendent touting "research" that supports things like Saxon Math and > Direct Instruction and data driven curriculum. > > Renee > > On May 29, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Betty Laughlin wrote: > >> I just went to a workshop for my district where they said the same thing! >> Hooray! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 28, 2012, at 9:02 PM, "Tracy Gaestel" <aj...@lafn.org> wrote: >> >> For all of you in this situation, hang in there. Last week our >> superintendent came to a meeting of people selected to work on aligning >> our curriculum to the Common Core Standards. He wanted to tell us >> personally that whatever had happened in the past, we were now to treat >> the text books as tools to help us plan lessons that help our students >> achieve proficiency on the grade level standards. The pendulum is >> swinging back. I was afraid that this day would never come. (He had to >> come because many of the teachers couldn't believe what the presenters >> were telling us) Teach? We don't need to be on the same page? We don't >> even have to use the same stories? (Someone even asked "how can we do >> that?") I faintly heard the Hallelujah chorus in the background and I had >> to stop myself from dancing in the auditorium. > > > "The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a > thing makes it happen." > ~ Frank Lloyd Wright > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
