Layered professional development: summer institute plus weekly web conferencing follow-up¶

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Description¶

TRI professional development combines an initial face-to-face summer institute with ongoing remote support: "weekly web conferencing from a university-based consultant to follow up training, discuss individual children, and resolve problems." Additional components include an end-of-year advanced training day and a website with training videos, instructions, and manuals.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• University-based consultants (literacy coaches) with a degree in education and teaching experience.

Constraints¶

• Initial training requires a 1-2 day offsite or Chapel Hill location session.

Target Learners¶

• classroom teachers in kindergarten and first grade

Target Learning Goals¶

• tutoring skills
• general reading instruction

Related Strategies¶

• Weekly webcam coaching meetings with observation and feedback sustain teacher implementation
• Two-tier professional development: intensive teacher training with weekly coach follow-up, plus a five-day summer institute and weekly seminars for coaches
• Brief initial training with extensive follow-up coaching and on-site facilitation for whole-school program implementation
• Implement Reading Edge with two days of initial teacher training plus monthly in-class coaching and peer support structures
• Combine summer professional development with school-year on-site coaching and provision of complete instructional materials
• Provide comprehensive professional development and ongoing coaching when implementing a structured literacy program
• Layered implementation support for teachers adopting a new science curriculum: preservice training, follow-up training, and a science coach
• Support curriculum implementation with initial multi-day training plus ongoing onsite consultation during the school year

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Targeted Reading Instruction (TRI). (2025). https://www.evidenceforesight.org/programs/targeted-reading-instruction