Embracing Literacy 2024

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Description:

Come learn how to bring your school together using the only evidence-based framework identified in the IES What Works Clearinghouse. Building common language and common understanding, while building teacher efficacy is made simple by adding this framework to any core curriculum. Learn the latest research on an evidenced-based writing instruction framework that is easy to use and leads to powerful ELA proficiency gains. New research outcomes will be shared and discussed with colleagues. Learn about how school wide structures used in SRSD support common language and common understanding that will bring out significant positive literacy outcomes.

Objectives: 
• Describe the latest research-validated writing instruction approaches
• Teach all levels of writing from how to read a text to gather key evidence to write about, how to write in an organized way in each genre (opinion, informative, narrative), sentence and word choice
• Explain how students can self-regulate as they write
• Incorporate (then remove) scaffolds that support executive functioning
• Explore ways to monitor the impact of instruction, set goals, and personalize instruction
• Discover how to leverage writing as a way to build core knowledge, advance critical thinking and build social-emotional learning skills
• Establish realistic, time efficient, and manageable ways to monitor student growth
• Adapt these approaches to your unique teaching situations
• Describe key evidence-based approaches that can strengthen a school’s writing (and reading) instruction.

Credit Reflection Questions:

1) Why is thinkSRSD considered an evidence-based practice?
2) How could using a POWeR cycle throughout your school increase improved outcomes for your students?
3) What tools are available from thinkSRSD that would help provide clear evidence of improvement of staff and students? How might this help with school wide improvement requirements?