Impactful Early Literacy Practices Teacher Institute: Embracing the Science & Balance of Reading
Join the CESA 6 Literacy Center’s journey designed to grow teachers’ knowledge and instructional practices to incorporate Science of Reading research and a structured literacy framework into their reading instruction. Teachers will receive support from the CESA 6 Literacy Center every step of the way. Teachers will have opportunities to collaborate with colleagues while learning, practicing, and planning forward through professional learning and personalized on-site coaching. The CESA 6 Literacy Center will provide the coordinated support needed to promote continuous improvement of classroom instruction to increase reading competency in our youngest readers.
"I appreciated the research in best practices and practical go-to ideas. This helps me reflect and improve my instruction. I wrote down research and resources I'm going to explore further. Thanks - this was wonderful!"
- Glendale-river hills school district (summer 2022)
Institute Structure
- 3 or 4* on-site Professional Learning Days
- Number of days depends upon the goals set and the institute content needed for teachers to reach those goals.
- Coaches and Teachers will:
- Reflect upon current practices related to instructional frameworks and routines
- Identify 2-3 “practice changes”, set goals, and identify critical first action steps
- Learn and practice instructional routines
- Extended practice of and applying the learning content
"These skills and strategies are needed in our instruction across all grade levels!"
- mayville School District (june 2022)
Goals & Outcomes
- Teachers will gain information and add to their knowledge about phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics instruction
- Teachers will learn key instructional frameworks that create opportunities for students to transfer skills from phonics into both reading and writing
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Teachers will learn key “high-leverage” instructional strategies that they will implement with students in whole groups and small groups as part of universal and differentiated instruction
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Teachers will learn how to balance leveled and decodable texts within the classroom, and practice planning alongside a phonics scope and sequence
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Teachers will “practice” the teaching moves within the key instructional strategies and discuss/receive feedback from peers
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Teachers will learn how to/practice analyzing running records and other assessment data, as well as standards and reading behaviors to make instructional plans
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Teachers will build a digital toolkit of strategies
"I really liked the 'why' that was explained. I think having us complete tasks to represent what the students go through when learning to read and as struggling readers was really eye-opening."
"The CESA 6 Literacy Center Consultants answered so many questions I had. They were a wealth of knowledge and made everyone comfortable. They were organized. I thought they did an excellent job, especially considering people have such different amounts of knowledge concerning the information."
- School District of Cambridge (Fall 2022)
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