Title 1

I spent several hours in a Title 1 reading room for part of my contract. I was shocked to see how it all worked. Once the students are grouped into their tiers almost everything the Title 1 teacher does with them is from a script. A program literally prints out their lessons and what they should do and say. I think it is great that these students are given extra help in reading, but I believe it should be a little more individualized if we really want it to work. I got to see one group perform a readers theatre which was really great. Even though the lessons were scripted, I was glad to see they were doing some creative things. I don’t think I would want to be a Title 1 teacher after observing it for a day.