Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The Execution

"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child." --George Bernard Shaw


After a short sabbatical to work on my doctorate's degree, in March of the school year I returned to the school district where I had been previously employed. There wasn't a job opening at my former high school campus, so I hired on as an Accelerated Reading Instruction Program (ARIP) Teacher. It had been seven years since I had taught elementary school, and I was not enthused about the prospects of working with "little people" again. Despite those initial reservations, my position as ARIP Reading Specialist has been one of the most educational and inspiring jobs I could have had at the time.


My early days of teaching took place in an elementary school. During that time, I learned a lot about what it takes to be a good teacher. It is not that my positions in middle and high school did not do the same, but after moving out of elementary school, I learned the importance of those foundational years of learning.

As the ARIP Reading Specialist, it was my responsibility to service students who were "at risk" of failing our infamous state mandated reading test.

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