Phased SIM professional development plan: initial planning days, monthly site PD and coaching, monthly leadership-team sessions, and annual program-specific training with coaching¶
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Description¶
The review prescribes a concrete PD schedule for adopting SIM: 2-3 days of planning activities; site professional development of 2-3 days per month combining PD and coaching; Literacy Leadership Team PD and work sessions of 1 day per month; and Xtreme or Fusion Reading PD of 5 days per year plus coaching. This schedule supports the phased adoption in which staff work through planning, implementing, and sustaining a literacy improvement initiative over three to five years.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Time and scheduling capacity for monthly site PD, coaching, and leadership-team work sessions
Constraints¶
- Xtreme or Fusion Reading PD is specific to the targeted programs at 5 days per year plus coaching
Target Learners¶
- secondary content and support teachers
- school leadership teams
Target Learning Goals¶
- teacher implementation of SIM routines and learning strategies
Related Strategies¶
- Sim Implementation Requirements Leadership Team
- Deliver Xtreme Reading professional development through a 5-day site training followed by monthly implementation coaching
- Brief initial training with extensive follow-up coaching and on-site facilitation for whole-school program implementation
- Implement BARR through sequenced multi-year professional development plus dedicated weekly coaching exceeding 200 hours per year
- Provide comprehensive professional development and ongoing coaching when implementing a structured literacy program
- Implement Reading Edge with two days of initial teacher training plus monthly in-class coaching and peer support structures
- Require participants to complete an individual leadership project with a planning template and protected work time
Examples¶
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Key Sources¶
- Strategic Instruction Model (SIM). (2024). University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. https://evidenceforessa.org/program/strategic-instruction-model-sim/
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Phased SIM professional development plan: initial planning days, monthly site PD and coaching, monthly leadership-team sessions, and annual program-specific training with coaching |
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The review prescribes a concrete PD schedule for adopting SIM: 2-3 days of planning activities; site professional development of 2-3 days per month combining PD and coaching; Literacy Leadership Team PD and work sessi... |
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