Special Education Structured Literacy Academy K-5

4-8 Team Members: $9,160 per year 9-12 Team Members: $9,875 per year

Learn how to write IEP goals tied to current reading research and deepen your special education literacy instruction over the academic year.

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Benefits

Participants will align with the latest Science of Reading research to develop specific IEP goals, provide instruction, and monitor progress.

  • Tailors literacy instruction to meet the diverse needs of students with IEPs.
  • Delivers a range of professional learning sessions that foster continuous development.
  • Provides flexible learning opportunities, including virtual sessions and in-district support.

Goals

Year 1 - Reading Focus.

  • Know literacy assessment options to support instruction.
  • Understand how to write IEP goals tightly connected to current reading research.
  • Understand how to monitor the progress of specific reading areas.
  • Develop a repertoire of instructional routines and tools in the areas of basic reading, reading fluency, and reading comprehension.
  • Identify specific instructional routines and tools to target students' IEP goals through specially designed and universal instruction.

Year 2 - Writing Focus.

  • Know literacy assessment options to support instruction.
  • Understand how to write IEP goals tightly connected to current writing research.
  • Understand how to monitor the progress of specific writing areas.
  • Develop a repertoire of instructional routines and tools in the areas of written expression.
  • Identify specific instructional routines and tools to target students' IEP goals through specially designed and universal instruction.

Who might benefit from participating?

  • Pupil Services
  • Special Education Directors
  • District Administrators
  • Directors of Curriculum & Instruction
  • Content Directors/ Coordinators
  • Principals
  • Reading Specialists (317)
  • Reading Teachers (316)/ Interventionists
  • Instructional/Literacy Coaches
  • Program Support Teachers
  • School Psychologists
  • Special Education Teachers
  • Special Education Paraprofessionals

Structure/Schedule

  • Two (2) Half-day leaders sessions (L) at CESA 6, Oshkosh
    • September 18, 2024 (L)
    • December 11, 2024 (L)
  • Four (4) Full-day, whole-team learning sessions at CESA 6, Oshkosh
    • October 10, 2024
    • November 19, 2024
    • February 5, 2025
    • April 16, 2025
  • Three (3) Individualized virtual coaching sessions for each participant

Outcomes/Deliverables

Build Structured Literacy

Engage with oral expression, listening/reading comprehension, basic reading/reading fluency, and written expression.