S/O Amplify ELA Curriculum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But fewer and fewer new teachers are coming from teacher preparation programs. They aren’t trained teachers so don’t assume anything.

Then that’s an HR and Onboarding issue not a curriculum issue.

But it is a big issue because they're basically hiring people with next to zero preparation. I hope they have a lot of mentors for these new people.

[Anonymous]

Bumping this back up now that school is around the corner. Any other teachers to weigh in on the new curriculum?

[Anonymous]

We haven't even taught it yet. The trainers told us that the first year implementing it will be challenging but that goes with any new curriculum.

[Anonymous]

With this new curriculum, will classes be divided by enrichment levels (similar to how they were with ELA and ELA classes) or will there be no “tracking” at the class level?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With this new curriculum, will classes be divided by enrichment levels (similar to how they were with ELA and ELA classes) or will there be no “tracking” at the class level?

ELC is continuing for this year. After that, it’s anybody’s guess, though perhaps GEC is working on it.

[Anonymous]

3-8th grade ELA teacher here. I’ve been using Amplify and open source CKLA for two years. There are almost no actual books—the readers are abridged (watered-down) versions of the actual books. I wish I had the time to write out all the criticisms I have of this curriculum but the bottom line is it’s soul crushing to watch the light go out of my students’ eyes. I’m old enough to have seen many similar “researched based” bandwagons come and go. I’ve decided to go rogue and give the kids what I know they need and has been proven to be effective and engaging. Much luck to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3-8th grade ELA teacher here. I’ve been using Amplify and open source CKLA for two years. There are almost no actual books—the readers are abridged (watered-down) versions of the actual books. I wish I had the time to write out all the criticisms I have of this curriculum but the bottom line is it’s soul crushing to watch the light go out of my students’ eyes. I’m old enough to have seen many similar “researched based” bandwagons come and go. I’ve decided to go rogue and give the kids what I know they need and has been proven to be effective and engaging. Much luck to you.

There are trade books and novel studies that go with CKLA. Have you asked your specific school and/or the district why they have purchased those?