The new substitute program in Florida has gotten some attention
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Yeah, I think the poster is just upset that they couldn't explain the terms being discussed.
Really, ask yourself, how hard is it to teach a kid to read? You know how to read? Show the kids. Done.
100%. Teaching spelling, reading, and arithmetic does not require knowledge of the general terminology ("phonetic," "fluency" and "operations") because you never get to that level with third-graders, obviously.
"ABC," "'I before E except after C,'" "1,2,3," "Plus," "take-away," "times" . . . WTF is so hard? All the theoretical BULLSHIT is the problem and always has been.
Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
There's a lot of good that can be done with knowledge of how language is learnt. I work with people who struggle with it, and the foundational skills for linguistics all the time. You might not talk to the kids about 'phonological awareness skills' for example, but you absolutely teach and test them all the time.
I agree that education is infested with ideology, but there is actually a lot that can be done beyond what a reasonably smart mom with no training sat in front of 30 kids can do.
We'd could teach by teaching her the foundational literacy skills (phonological awareness) and getting her to run activities around these skills. Just because adults use a load of jargon to discuss this development, doesn't mean the kids get taught these words, or that it isn't important.
We could get her to understand the developmental milestones. So that she can flag kids who are behind, and those who have disordered development, and those who are just unfortunate enough to be a whole year behind because of when they were born. The mild cases can slip through and look like a different issue. And also the educational milestones. Where exactly is a year 3 or 4 expected to be at, and which skills are of a higher priority because they are foundational for other skills?
We can teach her behavior management skills, running a class of 30 isn't the same as managing your own 3 kids...
It wouldn't take 4 years. But there's a good 6 months-1year maybe of work we could do and actually train it as a trade.