Amplify CKLA pilot to replace ELC?

[Anonymous]

Do any of the schools that dropped ELC this year still have the enriched kids together in a class/cohort? Or are they all in mixed-level ELA classes with some pullout time for enrichment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do any of the schools that dropped ELC this year still have the enriched kids together in a class/cohort? Or are they all in mixed-level ELA classes with some pullout time for enrichment?

Ours was an ELC-for-all school, so either way it has been a mixed abilities class.

[Anonymous]

As a reading teacher, I doubt teachers will realistically be able to provide enrichment if ELC is taken away. I’m at a title 1 school and because we have so many students who are several grades behind in reading, it is impossible to meet the needs with pull out interventions. We are not allowed to pull during any other time than the WIN block, which often means interventions are only 20 minutes a day (not nearly enough time to get kids caught up). We are forbidden to pull during the 2 hour ELA block (CKLA curriculum), even when we have 4th and 5th graders not able to read short vowel words. I’m thankful at least the 3rd-Grade students who are ready for more challenging curriculum are also pulled during the WIN block, and that our 4th and 5th grade students have ELC. There are SO many behavior issues in almost every single classroom that require so much of teachers energy and I don’t think classroom teachers can handle more on their plate…sadly, time is so limited that I don’t think the focus will be on the students who are above (or even on) grade level. I don’t think the ELC is the end all be all but at least these kids are able to read materials and engage in dialogue that is appropriate for their level. CKLA is wayyyyy to difficult for most of our students. It is 1,000 x better than Benchmark and I do have faith that it will help many of our students who are starting the curriculum in K, 1st and 2nd. We saw HUGE gains with our 2nd grade students who had Really Great Reading for K and 1st, and saw noticeable gains for the 1st grade students who had at least one year of Really Great Reading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CKLA is a very good choice for most students. It will take 2-4 years for this to be obvious in test results - as with any new curriculum.

ELC students might well need more.

2-4 years?? Central office buying themselves more time to justify poor results.

Nope. It takes that long for any reading curriculum to have truly obvious improvements. Mississippi miracle took that long to validate.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone asked your school yet about their plans for enrichment options for next year, like the FAQ suggests?

[Anonymous]

I see no way for schools to drop ELC without starting problems. If advance students go back to only getting 20min pull outs there will be an uproar. And it will likely all come up in the upcoming county program study that’s suppose to evaluate the availability and location of programs.