Re: What happens after Reading First/

More | Report Post

We are now in what is called the "sustainability" mode. We
are continuuing to have the 3 tiers for reading time and the
2 hours devoted to it. We still have to use the program
chosen for our core reading time. However, we are given more
leeway when it comes to what we use for intervention-- as
long as it's working for the struggling readers. We still
have the walk-through and more thorough observations by the
principal and reading coach but they are not as critical as
they had been before. We no longer have the state reading
coach breathing down our necks all the time. We don't have
to adhere to so much data anymore. However, we still have to
progress monitor our kids using DIBELs. Actually, I've
become used to it, but the pacing calendar sure does box me
in a lot. There is much good that has come from Reading
First. We don't waste the time that we have done in the
past. We have well-trained interventionists now instead of
just bodies in a room. I can see the positives about it but
I am glad there is not so much pressure to "perform" all the
time. I was sick of that.

On 11/14/09, Kinder Gal wrote:
> For those who have survived Reading First, what are you
> doing now? Are you continuing to teach reading first with
> a reading coach? Did your school district absorb the cost
> of reading first? Is there another reading program that is
> taking the place of reading first?
 

Posts on this thread, including this one