Provide structured multi-phase professional development with ongoing support for intervention teachers¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The Wilson Reading System is implemented through "a formal professional development process" including group instruction, coaching, telephone consultation, and independent study using the Wilson Academy online course. In the reviewed study, intervention teachers averaged 62.5 professional development hours across an initial training phase, practice phase, and implementation phase. Implementation fidelity was examined by program trainers who observed and coached teachers, project coordinators observing instructional sessions, and ratings of videotaped sessions, and implementation was rated as acceptable.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Trainers from Wilson Reading System® provide the teacher training, which includes group instruction, coaching, telephone consultation, and independent study

Constraints¶

• The two-day public professional development course costs $325, and instructional sets range from $149 to $500

Target Learners¶

• teachers implementing the Wilson Reading System in general or special education settings

Target Learning Goals¶

• implementation fidelity of a structured decoding and spelling intervention

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2007). WWC Intervention Report: Wilson Reading System®. What Works Clearinghouse, Beginning Reading. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/546