Interviews

** Interview with Kindergarten teacher about MLPP Teaches in the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District ** Interview conducted on March 27, 2009 via email   > 
 * **How long have you been working with the MLPP program?**
 * Over 10 years
 * **Do you see it benefiting students? Why or why not?**
 * Yes, it benefits students because it tells the recorder (teacher) where the child is at in their literacy development. Then, I can develop and plan lessons and classroom strategies to work on specific literacy skills: individually, small group, and whole group. This is just one tool to guide the teacher to help in responding to interventions.
 * **What are some examples of activities or strategies that you use in your classroom that work alongside or in conjunction with the MLPP program? List them and tell me maybe why those activities or strategies were chosen to be used in your classroom.**
 * Here are some examples of interventions: reading lost of rhyming books, Pocket Chart Activities with letter/sound identification, phoneme blending and phoneme segmentation, Word Wall activities, and Guided Reading activities. These activities are multi-level and routine which help young children learn and maintain skill development.
 * **What are some disadvantages that you see with this program? Why?**
 * The only disadvantage is the time it takes to properly give the MLPP assessments. This is most difficult in the younger grades (K-1) because it is harder to have the rest of the class working quietly without interruptions.

 **Interview with Kindergarten teacher about MLPP Teaches in Marquette Area Public Schools** Interview conducted on April 2, 2009 via email <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**How long have you been working with the MLPP program?**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Three years
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Do you see it benefiting students? Why?**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I think it is one of several useful assessment tools. used as one source of information to evaluate progress and informal instruction.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**What are some disadvantages that you see with this program? Why?**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Teachers give a little more coaching while giving the assessment then they should. With the extra coaching you do not get an accurate result on the students literacy developmental level.

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