August 3rd, 2010
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Category: Literacy Instruction
I graduated in December 2009, with a certification in ec-4 generalist and special education ec-12. I live in the Dallas area, and I just can not seem to get anyone to notice me. I apply for jobs, email and try to call principals but I am ignored. What is the best way to gain interest from prospective employers? I have even started my Master’s degree in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in literacy. I just feel so locked out!
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Can an analysis of the “religious characteristics” of a culture be predictive in any way of whether the culture was able (or will be able) to independently (i.e. without outside help from an already-literate society) develop its own written-language system?
I’ve been teaching for 11 years.I have a master’s degree in bilingual education and heritage languages,literacy and leadership.I’ve received extensive training to provide the best possible instruction to my English learners.I always teach the beginning ELs and am very proud of their achievements and state test scores.I’ve received only praise from former principals.Our new principal acts like only he knows the correct methods of teaching.After an informal observation of a reading fluency/comprehension lesson,he called me into his office to say it was unprepared(??),a waste of instructional minutes and should only take 5 minutes,not 20.Students do buddy reading while I listen…
In 2006 PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) ranked the U.S. 21th in relation to 57 other participating countries in science literacy. Apparently the scores tell us that the U.S. is way behind the Czech Republic, Croatia, EU nations and Japan. A similar story is to be found in the 2003 PISA report, where the U.S. again performed dismally in relation to other participating countries, falling right behind countries like Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The report found that American students were generally poor at applying what they’ve learned from their math curriculum. It also discovered that there exists…
So we’re taking a look at my school’s latest release of test scores. 44% of our juniors passed the state writing exam (a 5-paragraph response to a prompt, graded holistically on organization, cohesion, vocabulary, mechanics, effectiveness). The state average was 40%. 
I’m still undecided, but I think I’ll probably stay in the classroom. I am thinking in the future I might like to do a literacy specialist position (where it’s a pullout/small group situation). Is it better to do a curriculum & instruction emphasis with a literacy endorsement or do a reading emphasis at an elem. level? Which will give me a wider range of options down the road? Thanks for your help!
What is the difference between Library Instruction and Information Literacy?
I have the Dell Inspiron it is equipped with the various memory card ports. I need instructions on how to move pictures from my computer back onto the memory card so I can put it in the digital frame. Keep in mind my computer literacy is below average at best. thank you
I’m going to be tutoring a student about 4 hours a week this summer. He is a special ed student (LD) going to be in 8th grade and we will work on everything literacy (phonics/ word attack skills, reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing, test taking skills, etc). Reading is his deficient area and the parent’s goal is for him to make dramatic progress so that he can be mainstreamed into a regular class. The child reads on probably a 4th grade level.
I have a research article that I am supposed to critique. I’m supposed to determine which strategies should be implemented to integrate literacy instruction across the curriculum. I’m not sure how to critically analyze a research journal article. It is an article written by Arlene L. Barry which is based on a survey given to her former students. Most of the students at the time were teaching in different content areas. This survey was used to find out the effectiveness of learning strategies taught in her course entitled “Teaching Reading in the content Area”, a mandatory course for middle and…