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Thursday, September 7, 2006
September Theme — Literacy
For the month of September, we are highlighting resources related to literacy. We are hosting two new Online Events focused on the topic, and we have organized our site's literacy resources for easy reference here.
We will occasionally have monthly themes. If you would like to suggest one, please write us at: schoolsmovingup@wested.org, Subject: Monthly Theme. |
Adapting a K-12 Reading Model for Middle and Secondary Schools
 September 21 - Free Online Event
This interactive event will present the findings from a descriptive study of the secondary component of the Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI), a state-wide K-12 effort to improve the teaching of reading through intense professional development and in-school coaching. The study was designed to "tell the story" of how secondary educators adapted the original, one-size-fits-all professional development model to meet their needs and the needs of their students.
Terry Salinger, Chief Scientist for Reading Research at American Institutes for Research and the study's author, will discuss with participants how content area teachers came together to put their own stamp on ARI, and how they overcame various challenges at the district and state levels. Finally, participants will be invited to explore strategies for sustaining district and state focus on improving teaching and learning in secondary schools through creation of similar professional development efforts.
What Does the Research Say About Designing Quality Literacy Instruction?
 September 28- Free Online Event
This interactive event will provide the K-12 literacy community with an opportunity to meet and talk with Jane Braunger and Jan Lewis, authors of Building a Knowledge Base in Reading, 2nd Edition
(IRA and NCTE, 2006). Participants will deepen their knowledge of the latest research on literacy teaching and learning, with an emphasis on reading as a process, the teaching of reading, and professional development to support literacy learning throughout the school years.
Through a collaborative exploration of 13 research-based core understandings about reading, participants will wrestle with dilemmas of practice and exchange ideas about research that supports literacy instruction. Literacy in the content areas will also be discussed, with Reading Apprenticeship® serving as an example of a research-based framework for content-area literacy instruction.
Literacy Bags
Learn how one rural school helps migrant students keep up with their English while visiting their home countries.
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