District & School-Based Professional Development Approaches for Content Area Literacy Improvement

During this interactive presentation, Diane Waff, Senior Program Associate with the Strategic Literacy Initiative at WestEd, and Cathleen Kral, Instructional Leader for Literacy with Boston Public Schools, will share characteristics of successful school and district professional development initiatives that help teachers acquire the knowledge and skills needed to become teachers of other teachers. The presenters also will discuss features of effective literacy coaching at one culturally diverse high school and in a large urban school district. These examples show the importance of using a strong conceptual framework such as the Reading Apprenticeship® model to inform the work, develop a supportive professional learning community, and promote teacher leadership. All are key components of an integrated approach to improving student learning and achievement.

Presenters

Diane Waff (Primary)

Senior Program Associate
WestEd

Cathleen Kral

Instructional Leader for Literacy
Boston Public Schools

Description

Related Resources from SchoolsMovingUp

Based on your interest in this event, you might like to review SchoolsMovingUp’s other literacy resources — including upcoming Online Events and Online Event archives, Tips to Go, useful links, and abstracted readings. We have organized our site's literacy resources for easy reference here.

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Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent ELLs (Research from CREATE)

Findings from the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth (Research from CREATE)