Last year the MoE told us that the final PPM document would be available for the start of the 2012 year - true to their word it arrived as an e-copy on Friday 27th January.
Having spent some time reading through it and discussing changes with my colleague I feel there are some very positive aspects to the document.
The guidelines are very clear for our practice and describes parameters for RT Lits working in cluster schools. It seems there has been enormous variation in practice across the country. It is intended that we focus on students with the highest literacy needs within a school and across the cluster -ie well below National standards ( more than 2 years). We are also to take on Referred on Reading Recovery students 'at the soonest practical point in time'. I had 13 students on my roll at the beginning of Term 1 - 6 were referred on from Reading Recovery. I had 1 student who was referrd on during the term and had to wait until the next Review and Intake meeting - I would have preferred to act on that particular refferal straight away as I felt I had a space in my timetable.
Our cluster is targetting Year 2/3 students - most of my tutoring roll for Term 1 have been Year 3/4 . The students were selected for my roll in Term 4 last year at which timethey would have been Year's 2/3.
So far my timetable is working out - most of the teachers that I am working with are appreciating the support an dsome of the others I just have to remain positive and keep in mind even small changes to practice can lead to improved literacy opportunities for these students.
Having spent some time reading through it and discussing changes with my colleague I feel there are some very positive aspects to the document.
The guidelines are very clear for our practice and describes parameters for RT Lits working in cluster schools. It seems there has been enormous variation in practice across the country. It is intended that we focus on students with the highest literacy needs within a school and across the cluster -ie well below National standards ( more than 2 years). We are also to take on Referred on Reading Recovery students 'at the soonest practical point in time'. I had 13 students on my roll at the beginning of Term 1 - 6 were referred on from Reading Recovery. I had 1 student who was referrd on during the term and had to wait until the next Review and Intake meeting - I would have preferred to act on that particular refferal straight away as I felt I had a space in my timetable.
Our cluster is targetting Year 2/3 students - most of my tutoring roll for Term 1 have been Year 3/4 . The students were selected for my roll in Term 4 last year at which timethey would have been Year's 2/3.
Referrals to the RTLit service will most often be for students after their first one ortwo years of schooling.
So far my timetable is working out - most of the teachers that I am working with are appreciating the support an dsome of the others I just have to remain positive and keep in mind even small changes to practice can lead to improved literacy opportunities for these students.
For those students who require intensive support to supplement their effectiveclassroom programme (Tier 2 support) the Ministry of Education has established theRTLit, who have specific literacy knowledge and experience and can providespecialist support for a student’s teaching team.
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