Hi, Carol, I visit teachers.net sometimes. I used to come
daily or more, but you know how life is. I was waiting to see
if any of the regular people would post, but since no one
has, yet, I thought I'd answer. I was a reading teacher for a
while, then a classroom teacher. I am now back to teaching
reading. I really hated to leave, because I loved it in my old
building. But I love my job, now, too. I love teaching
reading. I miss the give and take of a classroom. I miss
being able to relate everything you teach to everything else -
history to science, asking the music teacher to help the
children understand rhythm and math, etc. I wouldn't go back,
though, because to work with a child who struggles to read
and be able to help them progress in this absolutely
essential ability is wonderful. There are challenges -
scheduling can be difficult; sometimes the children are
unwilling to miss a particular class in order to work with
you; some teachers would really rather teach their class of
children without any assistance from anyone else. (Actually,
I have had that problem in the distant past, but not
recently.) But there is nothing I would like to do more than
this job. I love our language and enjoy helping chldren see
connections that can help them - root words, prefixes and
suffixes, consistent sounds pr My position is fairly secure, I
think, because the chances of our Title I funding being
eliminated is not likely. I don't know how that works in other
schools, especially those who do not have much or anything
from Title I. If you do decide to pursue your degree in
reading, be sure that the courses include research based
information. Some courses are still predominately whole-
language based and you want to be sure to include information
about how to incorporate phonemic awareness and phonics in
your instruction.

On 6/08/09, carol wrote:
> Hello all, I am thinking about beginning a masters program
> in Reading. I was just hoping to hear about what you
> like/dislike about being a reading teacher / reading
> specialist. Also, how secure is that position in your
> school? Do those positions get cut a lot? Thanks for your
> help!

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