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  1. #1
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    success for all (SFA) -- responses need for book

    i am a researcher for a well-known education writer and we are finishing up what is hopefully the final draft of a book that will come out in the spring. part of the book deals with success for all. the author has visited many classrooms and seen the hand signals used in success for all schools, but they have not been consistantly used. we are in need of a sheet or any sort of offical description of what hand signals are used for what. even if you don't have an "official sheet" we need clarification about how the signals are used. if you email privately, i would be happy to discuss this issue further or you can just post to this board. we can always use personal testimony of either good or bad experiences with SFA. we are particularly intersted in the (varied) use of SFA in high-minority schools or urban schools vs. low-minority suburban schools. thank you, elizabeth

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    I have no personal experience with SFA, and I'm thankful for it. I only know what the teachers in district level committee meetings have told me about it; some of the schools in my district have used it.

    They were frustrated and angry; they said SFA was too "scripted and scheduled," did not allow for appropriate differentiation, and that they felt like "Stepford teachers."

    A quote from one principal in my district: "I expect you all to coordinate your schedules and make sure you are staying on track. When I walk down the hallway, I'd better hear every class doing the same thing at the same time."

    I don't know if this is inherent in SFA, or just a misuse/abuse, but I'll say it again: no thanks!
    Kelley

    Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results. -- John Dewey

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