Open Post- Substitute Teaching Experience

Open Post- Substitute Teaching Experience

     Greetings Everyone-

      For those who don't know, I have been a substitute teacher for Brevard County Schools since the beginning of this year. Recently, I subbed for a Remedial Reading class at a local high school. This kind of class is targeted towards students who did not pass the Reading section on the FSA assessment.

      The experience subbing this class was an eye-opening one to say the least. From what I was able to gather, the class solely consisted of using a program called Reading Plus. It's a computer program that "develops all three domains of reading–physical, cognitive, and emotional–by integrating them in one personalized online reading program" according to the Reading Plus website.

https://www.readingplus.com/

    It would be an understatement to say that the students in my class dislike Reading Plus. Common complaints about it ranged from the reading material being very dry and uninteresting to the assessments being above the level of the reading material given. Perhaps we as teachers should take some things our students say with a grain of salt. However, they are our students and listening to their input and needs is one of the most important aspects of our profession. The site below lists some of the flaws and criticisms of Reading Plus.

http://www.cavsconnect.com/opinion/2014/10/08/is-reading-plus-worth-it/

  I definitely plan on doing some more reasearch on Reading Plus and whether or not I will incorporate it into my classroom. Do you have any thoughts or input on this program?