Monday, February 22, 2010

Response to Jeta's comment(Marcia's post) on ethics and abuse

Good question, Jeta.

First, I would not "cause" the teacher any "discomfort" in front of the students. I would address the issue one-on-one with the struggling teacher. In addition, maybe(must consider the attitude of the teacher) provide a sample lesson or even model(demo)the proper way of doing a read-aloud. I need to think about the next steps---because this might get ugly professionally for both parties involved. Thanks for a wonderful question--I was only thinking about "abuse" in terms of bodily harm.
Steps to dealing with problems other than bodily harm:
1. private conversation
2. provide support with lesson and Modeling strategies
3. stop and think
4. blantant harm--will employ "duty of inform" (blantant harm--must go beyond just a sloppy read-aloud.)

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