Sad News...

Due to budgetary issues, my current position as a literacy teacher, coach, and trainer has come to an end. I have known for some time now that I will no longer be in the position that I am in, but have been trying to continue teaching and coaching as normal. I am very happy and thankful for the journey that I have been given the last two years, as I have learned and grown so much as an educator and teacher of literacy. Hopefully one day we will get back to where we should be going...forward, not backwards. Only when a school district has a strong literacy program with Reading Recovery, Leveled Literacy Intervention, and Literacy Collaborative all implemented as they were envisioned to be, will we see the growth and love for literacy from our students. Many people may think that I have "drank the Kool-Aid," and in a way I have. As a teacher, I have seen that growth through my colleague's teaching of Reading Recovery (1st grade reading intervention), my own teaching with another colleague utilizing L.L.I., and my own implementation of Literacy Collaborative Workshop Model. Unfortunately, due to unfunded mandates and lack of state funding, our district no longer has the money to support these wonderful and enriching programs, two of which are intervention programs for our struggling readers. As for me, I will return to my roots and work with those struggling readers by servicing 3-5 students with Academic Intervention Services (A.I.S). I will continue to update this blog with teaching, ideas, and experiences don't you worry! After all, I will always be a coach of literacy :)

Here are some funny cartoons that I stumbled upon...one is quite old (reference school year, but it's all the same every year!)