Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-28 Thread Renee
I don't consider this rambling. I think these stories are important. I think they should be posted on Facebook, shared with parents, other teachers, family members, the community. They should be written as letters to the editor of local and national papers, and included as blog comments when ap

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-27 Thread Kristine Peterson
ay 27, 2012 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class Congratulations, Jennifer! Sadly, you are a rare breed these days. In their heart of hearts, most administrators feel this way, I'm sure. However, they are being com

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-27 Thread Beverlee Paul
t; > > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" < > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 2:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and > Choice R eading In Class > > > Congratulatio

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-27 Thread Gail
ssage - From: "Susan Chicvara" To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class Congratulations, Jennifer! Sadly, you ar

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-27 Thread Susan Chicvara
Congratulations, Jennifer! Sadly, you are a rare breed these days. In their heart of hearts, most administrators feel this way, I'm sure. However, they are being compelled by the 'Higher ups" and state/federal mandates (mandates that are created by people who have never taught.) THANK YOU for bein

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-27 Thread Susan Chicvara
t; > - Original Message - > > > From: "norma baker" > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:48:26 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students > andChoice Reading In Class > > I hear

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-26 Thread Jane Sweatt
know what they are doing. Let your children read!!! >> Let them read what they choose to! Read the Book >> Whisperer. >> >> Eileen >> >> ( who feels your pain in N.M) >> >> >> >> - Original Message - >>

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-26 Thread Renee
5:48:26 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students andChoice Reading In Class I hear you!  Our new principal wants to buy an anthology and "programs".  She doesn't believe in conferencing because they need "direct instruction".  It

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-25 Thread Beverlee paul
Yeah, it used to be a lot more far-fetched and funny, didn't it? Sent from my iPad On May 26, 2012, at 3:00 AM, "norma baker" wrote: > I'll have to reread that one. It's been ages!!! > > We need to have a giant mandated administrator-read of *Aunt Chip and the > Triple Creek Dam Affair* hu

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-25 Thread norma baker
I'll have to reread that one. It's been ages!!! We need to have a giant mandated administrator-read of *Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair* huh? > 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has B

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-25 Thread Palmer, Jennifer
Well, come work for me in one of my schools. I still believe in student choice of reading materials, that good teachers are better than programs, and the best way to teach a child to read is to become a good observer of the child--he will show you the way he learns best. I am saddened by thes

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-25 Thread Beverlee Paul
And it's such a loss to lose you from the classrooms and teachers you worked with. Five years ago I would have been heartbroken to know you changed positions. Today, I'm thrilled. Why? Because when you take all teaching decision-making away from the teachers and put it into the hands of adminis

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-25 Thread Beverlee Paul
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:48:26 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students > andChoice Reading In Class > > I hear you! Our new principal wants to buy an anthology and "programs". > She doesn'

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-25 Thread Beverlee Paul
We need to have a giant mandated administrator-read of *Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair* huh? On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:48 PM, norma baker wrote: > I hear you! Our new principal wants to buy an anthology and "programs". > She doesn't believe in conferencing because they need "direct

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-25 Thread norma baker
I hear you! Our new principal wants to buy an anthology and "programs". She doesn't believe in conferencing because they need "direct instruction". It's all very frightening. Reading Workshop and RTI are district initiatives and much money has been spent on them, but.. they RTI disap

Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class

2012-05-25 Thread kinderei2
on Mandate: Students and    Choice R    eading In Class I hear you!  Our new principal wants to buy an anthology and "programs".  She doesn't believe in conferencing because they need "direct instruction".  It's all very frightening.  Reading Workshop and RTI are