Kudos to you! Don't know how anyone survives 10 years. Good for you! On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Tracy Gaestel <aj...@lafn.org> wrote:
> We were in that situation for ten very long years. It's swinging back > here, it is bound to swing back other places. Keep the Faith in what we > know is right for kids! > > > TracyOn Wed, 30 May 2012 06:38:31 -0700, 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<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at >> http://snipurl.com/**MosaicArchive<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<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/**MosaicArchive<http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive> > > -- "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau _______________________________________________ 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
