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Georgia Reading First. Professional Learning Year 4. Julie Morrill, Project Director. Professional Learning Goal. To build state-level capacity to provide building-level support for Reading First implementation To evaluate data from Reading First efforts - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Professional LearningYear 4
Julie Morrill,
Project Director
Georgia Reading FirstGeorgia Reading First
Professional Learning Goal
To build state-level capacity to provide building-level support for Reading First implementation
To evaluate data from Reading First efforts
To build state-level capacity to use research to inform practice within and beyond Reading First
Year 1 PL Activities RCs built knowledge of research and instruction
in the areas of Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension (You can revisit these sessions through the GPB tapes)
RCs redelivered study groups to LCs, who redelivered to teachers
RCs built PL skills through video and confidential feedback
Year 2 PD Activities RCs worked with Architects on the design of PL
presentations RCs presented multiple grade-level-specific
jigsaw study groups to LCs; LCs delivered to RCs
Year 3 PL Activities Architects designed a menu of modules for RCs
to select from, prepare for, and deliver to Cohort 1 coaches
Coaches were charged with leading grade-level team meetings to plan for differentiated instruction on their own
Overviews
State and Building Leaders
Teachers
Teacher Academies
Assessment trainings
In-class coaching
Core-specific trainings
Phonological Awareness
State Building Teachers Teachers
Phonics
State Building Teachers Teachers
Fluency
State Building Teachers Teachers
Vocabulary
State Building Teachers Teachers
Comprehension
State Building Teachers Teachers
ModulesAssessment-driven Instruction
Conferencing
Reading
Attitudes
Informal
Assessment
Centers Intervention
ModulesObservation LC Self-
Assessment
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Explicitness for PA/Phonics
Comprehension
Strategies
Classroom
Environment
ModulesAdvanced
Decoding
Explicitness
for Fluency
Differentiating
K/1
Differentiating
2/3
Inferring Main Ideas/
Cause-Effect
We have accomplished curriculum and school organization goals for both Cohort 1 and Cohort 2 schools.
We must concentrate our efforts on increasing the effectiveness of instruction.
Professional Support System
Joyce, B., & Showers, B. (2002). Student achievement through staff development. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Theory
Practice
Feedback
Demonstration
Gradual Release Model
Teacher + Teacher + StudentsStudents
All TeacherAll Teacher All StudentsAll Students
Pearson, P.D., & Gallagher, M.C. (1983). The instruction of reading comprehension. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 8, 317-344.
Architects forArchitects forRCsRCs LCs for LCs for
Grade-LevelGrade-LevelTeamsTeams
RCs for RCs for LCsLCs
“I do, we do, they do”
RC Planning Calendar
Meet with Architects; Meet with RCs together; Observe LC grade-level teams;
Engage in Study Group
August RC Events August 7-8: Meeting with Architects in
Athens at Classic Center August 27: New Administrator’s Bootcamp
in Forsyth August 28-29: New Literacy Coach training
in Forsyth
AugustArchitects RCs LCs
Differentiation Module
PD Module
Differentiation Module
Study group work
Prepare presentations for September
Differentiation Module
New RC Books for Year 4!
Five books have been selected by the Architects for use in RC Study Groups. (We may use portions of some of these plus additional sources to be identified later.)
O’Connor, R. E. (2007). Teaching word recognition: Effective strategies for students with learning difficulties. New York: Guilford Press.
Bear, D.R., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S.R., & Johnston, F. (2007). Words their way: Word study for phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Stahl, S.A., & Nagy, W.E. (2005). Teaching word meanings. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Raphael, T. E., Highfield, K., & Au, K. H. (2006). QAR now: A powerful and practical framework that develops comprehension and higher-level thinking in all students. New York: Scholastic.
Dickinson, D.K., & Neuman, S.B. (Eds.) (2006). Handbook of early literacy research (Vol. 2). New York: Guilford Press.
September RC Events September 6-7: Struggling Readers in
Athens September 17: GRA Leadership Forum in
Macon September 18: Conference with Architects
and all LCs in ________ September 27-28: Preservice Conference
in Athens
SeptemberArchitects RCs LCs
GRA
Data presentation
GRA
Data presentation
Chapter presentation
Grade-level observation
Data/Chapter presentations for each grade level
October RC Events October 22: Principals’ meeting at Bagby October 23: Principals’ meeting at Lake
Ocmulgee October 24: Principals’ meeting at Red Top
Mountain
OctoberArchitects RCs LCs
Survey pilot
Data presentation
3-week planning cycles
New study groups
Core-specific differentiation plans
Grade-level observation
Grade-level meetings on core-specific differentiation plans
November RC Events November 5-6: RC meeting with Architects
in Savannah
NovemberArchitects RCs LCs
4 modules on differentiation strategies
3-week planning cycles
Grade-level observation
3-week planning cycles
December RC Events None!
DecemberArchitects RCs LCs
National Reading Conference
PA/Phonics module
Grade-level observation
PA/Phonics module
3-week planning cycles
January RC Events January 8-9: Retreat with Architects and
other researchers TBA
JanuaryArchitects RCs LCs
Plan retreat
Mid-year data analysis
Retreat
Phonics and Fluency Module
Data collection for Exemplary grade levels
Phonics and Fluency Module
3-week planning cycles
February RC Events February 18-19: Leadership Summit at
________
FebruaryArchitects RCs LCs
Leadership Summit
Data collection for Exemplary grade levels
Grade-level observation
Fluency and Comprehension Module
Fluency and comprehension module
3-week planning cycles
March RC Events March 10-11: Architect Site Visits, TBA
MarchArchitects RCs LCs
Site visits, TBA New Study Groups
Vocabulary and comprehension module
Grade-level observations
Vocabulary and comprehension module
3-week planning cycles
April RC Events April 14-15: Architect Site Visits, TBA
AprilArchitects RCs LCs
Site Visits, TBA Grade-level observations
3-week planning cycles
May RC Events May 4-8: IRA convention, Atlanta
MayArchitects RCs LCs
IRA End-of-year activities
End-of-year activities
June RC Events June 10-11: Funded Conference
JuneArchitects RCs LCs
Plan Funded Conference
Present on Case Study Materials and Exemplary Grade Levels
Meet with LCs and Coaches to process ideas from Funded Conference
So let’s get started!