I feel the same as Lori although not coach or trainer. It is very hard to know something or a method is so good for kids and yet others aren't motivated to try. I guess it has to be one by one. I do feel our building is changing slowly, but we are always getting something new (math, writing, etc.) and the demands on teachers are too great. Lori - I think you are doing all you can do and we can't always change people. They are missing out and so are their kids.
Linda Lori wrote: I can't tell you how many nights I stayed up thinking - why didn't my teachers get it? Why don't they want to help their students - to move them beyond the expected curriculum and into differentiation and individualization and understanding? Why they didn't have an internal drive and motivation to replicate what Ellin and Debbie and everyone was writing about and modeling in their books? I modeled the ideas and goals at faculty meetings and in our weekly newsletters by both taking pictures of the activities and usage of the strategies in classes and including snapshots and ideas from the books themselves. _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list Understand@literacyworkshop.org http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
