Train educators through a Summer Institute plus PLC and coaching cycles on data use and instructional routines¶
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Description¶
The article's implementable recipe is to "Conduct a 2-day Summer Institute to train educators and school leaders on data use and instructional routines," then sustain the training with 9 professional learning community and 4 coaching sessions. These use "facilitated discussions, educator observations, and guided materials" so educators reflect on and continuously improve their data use and routines.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Facilitators for PLC and coaching sessions, guided materials, and educator observations
Constraints¶
Target Learners¶
- Kindergarten and grade 1 educators and school leaders
Target Learning Goals¶
- Using decision-driven literacy data collection, analysis, and action
- Effective phonological awareness and phonics instruction
Related Strategies¶
- Build school leaders' instructional leadership through five PLC sessions on school-wide data systems
- Use a diagnostic and implementation monitoring tool to give educators formative feedback on their instructional practices
- Two-tier professional development: intensive teacher training with weekly coach follow-up, plus a five-day summer institute and weekly seminars for coaches
- Sustained teacher professional development with coaching and professional learning communities
- Support implementation with initial Science of Reading training plus PLC-based lesson study
- Deliver professional development through a 2-week summer institute followed by year-long on-site coaching
- Provide comprehensive professional development and ongoing coaching when implementing a structured literacy program
- Sustained, coached professional development over up to two years for RA implementation
Examples¶
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Key Sources¶
- Strategies to Improve Reading Partnership. (2019). Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, Institute of Education Sciences. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/midwest/
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Train educators through a Summer Institute plus PLC and coaching cycles on data use and instructional routines |
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The article's implementable recipe is to "Conduct a 2-day Summer Institute to train educators and school leaders on data use and instructional routines," then sustain the training with 9 professional learning communit... |
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