Office of Curriculum, Technology, & Assessment

Achieving Student Success in Reading Literacy - Looking for a variety of interactive instructional reading strategies to reach all levels of readers in your classroom? Instructional reading strategies should increase reading skills along with metacognition and self-awareness.

• Part 1 – Diagnosing Student Needs – Using Data to Drive Instruction
  Experiencing Odyssey: Academy of Reading
• Part 2 – Flexible Grouping for Reading Instruction
  Experiencing Odyssey: CompassLearning Odyssey
• Part 3 – Matching Reading Intervention Strategies to Student Needs
  Experiencing Odyssey: Destination Reading
• Part 4 – Implementing Balanced Literacy through the Four Block Instructional Model, Part I
  Experienceing Odyssey: Scholastic Red
• Part 5 - Implementing Balanced Literacy through the Four Block Instructional Model, Part II
  Experiencing Odyssey: Learning MileStones
• Part 6 – Management Systems for Flexible Grouping
  Experiencing Odyssey: Literacy Collaborative
• Part 7 – Guided Reading for K – 2
  Experiencing Odyssey: Class Websitesas Instructional Tools
• Part 8 – Reading Intervention Strategies for Struggling Readers
  Experiencing Odyssey: Waterford Early Reading
• Part 9 – The Instructional Power in a Read Aloud
  Experiencing Odyssey: Grades 3 – 5, Literacy Assessment
• Part 10 – Developing Literature Circles in the Elementary Classroom
  Experiencing Odyssey: Reading Apprenticeship

Professional Development Standards (NSDC Standards)http://www.nsdc.org/library/standards2001.html

Context Standards

Staff development that improves the learning of all students:

• Requires skillful school and district leaders who guide continuous instructional improvement. (Leadership)
• Requires resources to support adult learning and collaboration. (Resources)

Process Standards

Staff development that improves the learning of all students:

• Uses multiple sources of information to guide improvement and demonstrate its impact. (Evaluation)
• Uses learning strategies appropriate to the intended goal. (Design)        
• Applies knowledge about human learning and change. (Learning)
• Provides educators with the knowledge and skills to collaborate. (Collaboration)
• Content Standards

Staff development that improves the learning of all students:

• Prepares educators to understand and appreciate all students, create safe, orderly and supportive learning environments, and hold high expectations for their academic achievement. (Equity)

NOTE: Each site must audio mute upon connecting to the session to prevent voice activated moving of the cameras from site to site.

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