Moderators' Summary -Day Three

Submitted by Maureen_Byfield on Feb 3, 2011 16:21 pm

Dear Friends,It has been an exciting three days of refreshing discourse.The  opportinuity to speak candidly and passionately about the future of our children should  lead  us to reflect on our practices and make adjustments where necessary. We hope that the dialogue will continue as we build this professional learning community.From today's discussion we gleaned the following ideas:1. The need to track students' progess and use data  in a more deliberate/ systematic way to inform programme planning and implementation.2.Competent caring teachers, those who teach with  heart and mind, can significantly impact their students' achievements.3. The importance of attending to factors other than the cognitive.4. The need to find creative ways of funding programmes to acquire resources  for students'  literacy growth.5.The value of helping teachers to develop programmes aimed at empowering  parents to assist their children.Thank you all.Jennifer, Maureen and NoveletteUSAID/Jamaica Basic Education Project

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Janet_Brown
Thu, 2011-02-03 17:10

And thank you!

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Grace_Mclean
Thu, 2011-02-03 18:30

Hello Everyone,I have been following all the postings. Quite interesting the wide and varied areas for consideration. We will utilize some of these suggestions and comments as we continue to push for 100% by 2015 at the primary level.

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Mrsdouglas
Thu, 2011-02-03 19:30

ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON! GIVE THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE. BLESS

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st richards pri...
Thu, 2011-02-03 20:23

Hi everyone, I just got the chance to be a member of the community.  I tried to comment on the topic but was too late.  However, I have read the postings and agreed for most part to everyone mainly Smikle.  It is a challenge but I am playing my part and is willing to go the extra mile.  Being a grade four teacher I find some genuine situations which need to be addressed, but when standardized assessment is done and referrals made some parents are in denial, thus nothing is being done.  I do believe some of these children need to be taken from the mainstream classroom for their needs to be addressed.  For instance one of my gr.4 student who did not know the letters of the alphabet, but with much work is now able to identify a few.