Hi, I am Heather. In this initial blog, I share with you how I became ready to inspire struggling readers and then I will share with you... well, one thing at a time. Here's my story. Just seven years old, Nelly was struggling to read her textbooks. Never having encountered such a situation, I was, admittedly, taken aback. Without an iota of teaching experience, it was my task to give this girl evening classes. Her inability to read fluently caused me to seek assistance. I approached Dr. Esla Lynch, the principal of Eshe's Learning Centre in Woodbrook, a school for learning disables students. Through a twist of unexpected events, I landed a teaching job at that very school.
As a new teacher, I was impressed with the physical environment and the teaching strategies employed. Colourful charts and teaching resources abounded. Block timetabling was the order of the day. Although I had a Standard One class with only nine students, I had them divided into three groups for differentiated instruction. (Of course, I did not know that term existed.)From then, the teaching bug had bitten me. You could well imaging the culture shock when, after graduating with my BSc in Education, I began teaching in a typical classroom in another school with more than twenty students. Since then, my interest, especially in the teaching of Reading, deepened as I worked with struggling readers at all levels in the Primary School. I am thrilled to be benefitting from this Masters programme so that I can, to a greater extent, be ready to inspire my charges. Please join me on my blog as I share with you vignettes and reflections on my teaching practice and articles in the field of literacy. Thanks for your visit. See you soon.
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