I spoke with a program director this past 2 weeks and we
spoke for awhile regarding how to implement appropriate curriculums in terms of
promoting literacy, how her staff does assessments on literacy, and what they
do when they feel a student needs further assessment. I also spoke with some
parents about their experiences at the center and what they liked and disliked
about the curriculum in terms of literacy development.
I learned that literacy can be a very difficult thing to
assess simply because children’s vocabularies vary so much. However, we strive
to have all children learn the vocabulary words and develop their vocabularies.
We also strive to help them attain early literacy skills but these skills will
develop at an individual pace. With that in mind, it’s hard to determine when
the right time is to intervene and request additional assessments.
Hi Jamie:
ReplyDeleteI am sure that it is hard to assess the children but there are certain benchmarks that can be reviewed starting as simple as how the child holds the book up to how many words can they read. The teacher will find the level that they are at and then build from there.
I was reading your second blog about ELL students and that concerns me. In our school district, we have a specific teacher that will work with ELL students. Is part of your paper on funding as well for this particular school as it sounds like it is a private one. I wonder what standards are in place for a private school versus a public school that has to answer to the taxpayers in a sense.
I would think that that would be a big piece for advocacy.
Even though assessing literacy there are checklists out there which will identify specific skills needed for early literacy skills.
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