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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most reading specialists are only trained in balanced literacy approaches which means they are fairly useless in identifying kids who have reading issues and effective reading instruction. Our reading specialist was all about using the 3 cueing and cute “eagle eye” bookmarks to remind the kids to look at the pictures. SMH[/quote]
Even if the reading specialists don't use 3 cueing (which I think they do), they aren't trained in (and they don't believe in) a systematic and sequential approach.  So their work does not reflect best practices as per reading research.  That said, I don't know if the MS English course is systematic or sequential either.  MCPS Special Ed lags behind in terms of reading instruction.  [/quote]

But they COULD hire some that ARE!  I happen to know someone who is trained in systematic, multi-sensory reading instruction and teaching students with dyslexia. Why can't this person be hired as a reading specialist for a middle school? Why are we just accepting that this is ok?[/quote]

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