[MOSAIC] Complacency vs. Implementing What I’ve Learned

[Cathleen Cunningham]

"Michele S. Herdoiza" <mherdoiza at comcast.net> wrote:  
  Michele,
  You were very fortunate to have read MOT during a college course!  I’m glad you are ‘passionate about helping children learn how to become successful readers’  . .  . don’t ever lose that passion even though you’ll work with people who want to throw water on your fire.  But, on to your question . . . ‘continue down the same path?’ In my case I believe the teachers think the basal and the other programs we use has the power to help students read.  They (the teachers) don’t go beyond the basal .  . .  they don’t seek out the researched methods that have proven to help students.  I also believe these teachers are not life long learners.  I’ll never forget one of my colleagues telling me how much she ‘hates to read’!    I really felt sorry for her students.  
  Complacency can be a sad place and I’ve felt myself being dragged there.  It is very frustrating at times.  Yet, you do have that passion!  You know how much fun it is to read!  You can back up your methods of teaching reading with research because you are a life long learner!  You are right . . .you ‘won’t have much say in the way things are done’ but you learn how to ‘play’ along and hopefully show your colleagues how successful you are at growing awesome readers!
   
  Hope this helps,
  Cathleen
  3rd Grade, Indiana
  A Reading First School
   P.S. GOOD LUCK!!


       
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