Solution
Strengthening Secondary Readers Academy Grades 6-12
4-8 Team Members: $13,885 9-12 Team Members: $15,075 Plus travel fees for non-CESA 6 districts/schools
Develop routines and practices that help struggling secondary readers.
Benefits
Receive support from a CESA 6 literacy coach to develop instructional routines and practices that support reading improvement with our hybrid learning and coaching approach.
- Offers thorough assessments of existing literacy programs to identify educational gaps.
- Provides flexible learning opportunities, including virtual sessions and in-district support.
- Offers tailored support plans that adapt to the specific needs of districts and educators.
- Introduces innovative and evidence-based teaching strategies for literacy.
- Supplies tools for monitoring student progress and adapting teaching methods.
Goals
- Understand the reading process: where and how things go wrong.
- Identifying struggling readers and designing responsive instruction.
- Learn how to support struggling all readers in the classroom through Tier 1 and Tier 2 support.
- System-wide considerations and building systemic plans for identifying and servicing struggling readers.
Who might benefit from participating?
- Secondary Level Administration:
- Middle and High School Principals
- Special Education Directors
- Directors of Curriculum & Instruction
- Secondary Level Teachers:
- Reading Interventionists
- Instructional / Literacy Coaches
- Secondary Special Education Teachers
- Secondary ELA Teachers
Structure/Schedule
- Two (2) Half-day leaders sessions (L)
- September 11, 2024 (L)
- January 7, 2025 (L)
- Four (4) Full-day, whole-team learning sessions
- September 24, 2024
- November 7, 2024
- February 11, 2025
- April 9, 2025
- Four (4) In-district coaching sessions
Outcomes/Deliverables
Deliverables
- Tools for identifying and responding to students' reading needs
- Tools for planning reading instruction aligned to the Science of Reading
- Toolkit of high-leverage instructional routines aligned to the Science of Reading
- Personalized "deep dives" to provide additional learning for your district's specific interests (through coaching days)
- Systemic planning tools to create a system of support in your school for students' reading needs