Basal Training

[Anonymous]

Day 1 & 2 were useful because we were walked through the materials and our trainer was excellent. Day 3 was painful, unnecessary, boring and a complete waste of time. Day 3 could have been and should have been asynchronous -- it's almost all videos with unnecessary planning time at the end (it's currently impossible to plan because FCPS hasn't released the pacing guide so you're just going through the materials YET AGAIN). Wish I had skipped it -- not worth the time or effort.

[Anonymous]

Does AAP classes and GE classes both use basal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does AAP classes and GE classes both use basal?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does AAP classes and GE classes both use basal?

Maybe

[Anonymous]

Training should have been two days. Day 3 is just FCPS people making assumptions about things that will be school based decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does AAP classes and GE classes both use basal?

Maybe

Yes. It’s for all students K-6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does AAP classes and GE classes both use basal?

Maybe

Yes. It’s for all students K-6.

Last I heard, it had not been finalized whether AAP ELA would be identical or abbreviated/test out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does AAP classes and GE classes both use basal?

Maybe

Yes. It’s for all students K-6.

Last I heard, it had not been finalized whether AAP ELA would be identical or abbreviated/test out.

Then what would they do instead? Is the county going to write a special AAP LA program?

[Anonymous]

I am a little worried about this will work in our very high ESOL population. The program is definitely more suited to kids with English as a first language and some pre-k experience and background knowledge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a little worried about this will work in our very high ESOL population. The program is definitely more suited to kids with English as a first language and some pre-k experience and background knowledge.

I’d say that’s true of any program they use. The ESOL teachers will have to work together to determine how it can be used at the different levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does AAP classes and GE classes both use basal?

Maybe

Yes. It’s for all students K-6.

Last I heard, it had not been finalized whether AAP ELA would be identical or abbreviated/test out.

AAP teachers are being told quarter 1 to just do basal.

Then what would they do instead? Is the county going to write a special AAP LA program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does AAP classes and GE classes both use basal?

Yes.

100% yes. I’ve heard the AAP office is not very happy about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does AAP classes and GE classes both use basal?

Yes.

100% yes. I’ve heard the AAP office is not very happy about this.

They shouldn’t be. THIS is the major issue with the science of reading curriculums coming out right now. They are using direct instruction with zero differentiation to accelerate children who naturally/early and have mastered the basics. Phonics curriculums are important, but they still need to meet kids where they are. They claim whole group direct instruction is the only way. It is solving the problem in a clumsy way. Even medicine is moving to more personalized medicine, but not schools. It is going backwards, when we should move the science forwards.

[Anonymous]

Any decent teachers knows how to differentiate for high readers. It’s too bad all of the good ones are leaving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any decent teachers knows how to differentiate for high readers. It’s too bad all of the good ones are leaving.

The shortage is still in a rough spot. We need something that a long term sub or a trainee can pick up and teach with minimal phonics background knowledge.