tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post5461370108319667337..comments2023-10-31T09:19:18.737-07:00Comments on Organized Chaos: Say: Good Morning Students!organized chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18050635225751382130noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-85114352515146987772012-10-21T16:08:45.481-07:002012-10-21T16:08:45.481-07:00We use Superkids. It's a K-2 program made by t...We use Superkids. It's a K-2 program made by the woman who created American Girl dolls. It is really painful for me to teach!! :(<br /><br />I'm glad you write about this topic often. It makes me feel better about my disdain for these programs!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814613933358631096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-87659789404954163292012-10-13T07:52:15.356-07:002012-10-13T07:52:15.356-07:00Molly- I hear you, I hear you. I really appreciate...Molly- I hear you, I hear you. I really appreciate your perspective from a parent- it is true- if I was a parent and I was seeing this set-in-stone curriculum I would be very confused as to why we spent time writing IEPs for a student only to somehow force a program on him/her. Parents should question how authentic and individual the IEP goals are if they are only supporting a specific curriculum... <br />And you are very right about the programs separating our kids even further from the gen ed kids- which is absolutely unacceptable. organized chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18050635225751382130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-14357494033423600462012-10-13T07:49:59.576-07:002012-10-13T07:49:59.576-07:00Jill- what program are you being forced to use? Th...Jill- what program are you being forced to use? That just pains me so much to hear you are using a program in the gen ed setting. Education has come too far for that! organized chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18050635225751382130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-6745591330140035812012-10-12T19:02:58.414-07:002012-10-12T19:02:58.414-07:00So, so true. It has gotten better, but my first y...So, so true. It has gotten better, but my first year teaching I remember saying to my mom, "I just want to have time to at least LOOK at the math lesson before I teach it." I was coordinating SO many different groups and doing so much paperwork and staying so late at school and it was so frustrating to not be able to focus on teaching. Even now that I have managed to carve out planning time, I feel like it's a luxury to think about how and what I'm going to teach instead of doing paperwork. Imagine how well the kids would do if we spent our money on more teachers so that everyone could have planning time, instead of on expensive, scripted curriculum. <br />Even the research based, scripted curriculum is not "criticism proof." Last year a parent was mad that I was following a structured curriculum and using pre-made homework sheets. He wanted to know how that was "individualized." And although I was adjusting to what his child needed so in this case he was not correct, I could see parents being able to make this argument.<br />And...this is getting long, but in teaching learning support for kids with mostly mild disabilities, I can't just use a completely separate curriculum than the regular ed teachers. If I'm following a different scope and sequence that does not align with the general ed curriculum then once you're in the learning support, you're stuck there and that is NOT the right idea. <br />Phew. I guess I had some things to say about this. mollyhttp://iamdancingalong.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-30640282342600025992012-10-11T21:31:44.607-07:002012-10-11T21:31:44.607-07:00I feel the same way about my reading program, and ...I feel the same way about my reading program, and I am a gen ed teacher. My program gives me NO room for adaptation or knowing my students, and when I strayed from the program last school year, I was in trouble.<br /><br />It's frustrating when your principal tells you what a "great teacher" you are until you start trying to actually teach the kids you have in your class.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814613933358631096noreply@blogger.com