[MOSAIC] Accelerated Reader/trapped?

[Joy]

The folks I feel for are those trapped in a school/system where they are forced to use it. So what to do in that instance? I've said that I'd leave. Not always the easiest thing to do. So, in the meantime, the mortgage has to be paid, families have to eat. What do you do until you can find another position, or what do you do if you are in the "perfect" position, other than being stuck with AR?
   
  This is where knowing your administration and their limits comes in handy. I'm not suggesting that anyone be insubbordinate, but you have to know your work environment. Do you have a good open relationship with your administrator? How much fidelity do you have to show to the program? How closely are your grades going to be scrutinized? (At my old school AR results were viewable by the principal as were our computerized gradebooks.)
   
  Are you able to close the door and teach, or are the AR nazis going to be at your door? Will you have to train your kids to pull out AR books everytime someone comes to the door?  Can you do Lit Circles and have everyone take the test on that book? Can your students keep reading response journals?
   
  Granted, this makes your job a bit more challenging, but if you're like me, you'll want to do what's best for your students. If that means double dipping, then that's what I'd do.
   
   


                Joy/NC/4
  jwidmann at rocketmail.com
  How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
   









       
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