[MOSAIC] Reading Specialists Schedules

[Renee]

I am new at my school this year.
I understand we have a reading specialist.
I also have been told that she only works with *high* students, because  
she wants to.

Through the looking glass, anyone?

Renee
Kindergarten

On Dec 10, 2007, at 5:28 AM, Humerickhouse, Elizabeth wrote:

> I'm so jealous!  We have (for the first time!) a reading specialist  
> (and no paras) that divides her time between 2 buildings with a total  
> of approximately 1500 students.  She is spread tooooo thin!  For  
> example, she sees five 3rd graders for 30 minutes twice a week.
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> However, my (related) question is -- why is the focus at the  
> intermediate grades?  It seems like it's remedial work now, rather  
> than preventative work that could be done with the primary kids.  Is  
> it a reaction to test scores?
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