Assign a dedicated site expert and site-developed professional learning plan when implementing Imagine Language & Literacy¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The program's stated implementation supports are a dedicated on-site facilitator and customized professional learning. Imagine Learning "recommends each school site have a dedicated site expert to help facilitate the program", and professional learning plans are "developed based on the school's desired outcomes" in a plan developed with each site. This pairs the adaptive software with human facilitation at the school level.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A dedicated site expert at each school
• A professional learning plan developed with Imagine Learning based on the school's desired outcomes

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade using the program schoolwide

Target Learning Goals¶

• Effective implementation of adaptive literacy instruction

Related Strategies¶

• Imagine Language And Literacy Program
• Offer optional professional development for administrators and educators alongside program implementation
• Layered professional development for curriculum implementation (webinars, workshops, coaching)
• Provide virtual and on-site professional learning on the digital platform and grade-specific curriculum training
• Use optional professional development sessions for administrators and educators to support Imagine Math implementation
• Implement World of Words with developer training, ongoing coaching, and structured text-set materials
• Multi-format professional learning for curriculum implementation (on-site, virtual, blended, coaching)
• Layered professional learning and support for teachers implementing individualized software
• Provide comprehensive professional development and ongoing coaching when implementing a structured literacy program
• Support PowerUp implementation with layered professional development: customized planning, product training, and ongoing data coaching
• Offer optional virtual or on-site professional development tailored to administrators and educators
• Ongoing math-specialist coaching and curriculum-based professional development for implementing teachers

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Imagine Language & Literacy. (2023). Evidence rating: promising. https://www.evidenceforessa.org/programs/imagine-language-literacy