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Tuesday, February 6, 2007
District- & School-Based Professional Development Approaches for Content Area Literacy Improvement
  March 14 - Free Online Event
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 will also 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.
Reading Science for Understanding in Middle and High School
 April 25 - Free Online Event
In this interactive event, Cynthia Greenleaf, Co-Director of WestEd’s Strategic Literacy Initiative (SLI), will engage participants in an examination of the possibilities and impact of integrating literacy instruction with science instruction at the middle and high school levels using the Reading Apprenticeship® instructional framework. This research-based instructional framework is designed to improve the teaching effectiveness of content-area middle and high school teachers, literacy coaches, and teacher educators.
Tips to Go are ideas from real schools and districts that can help you with your improvement efforts. This month we feature three new tips, complete with audio clips from the co-principals and access to school documents described in the tips. Click on any of the links below to read the Tips.
Everyone Is Involved in Assessment
As the year begins, everyone at San Diego's Los Penasquitos Elementary School knows what's expected of them, because the assessment plan is developed collaboratively by the school staff.
No Excuses University: All Students Can Go to College
Los Penasquitos Elementary believes there are no limits to the academic success every student can achieve, and believes all students can go to college. Fully acting on these beliefs means overcoming some traditional barriers.
Endorsing the Endorsement Document
Los Penasquitos Elementary School, part of the Poway Unified School District in San Diego, is clear about one thing: everyone is held accountable for student learning — teachers, students, administrators, and parents.
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