Professional Learning Year 4 Julie Morrill, Project Director Georgia Reading First

Professional Learning Goal To build state-level capacity to provide building-level support for Reading First implementation To evaluate data from Reading First efforts To build state-level capacity to use research to inform practice within and beyond Reading First

Year 1 PL Activities RCs built knowledge of research and instruction in the areas of Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension (You can revisit these sessions through the GPB tapes) RCs redelivered study groups to LCs, who redelivered to teachers RCs built PL skills through video and confidential feedback

Year 2 PD Activities RCs worked with Architects on the design of PL presentations RCs presented multiple grade-level-specific jigsaw study groups to LCs; LCs delivered to RCs

Year 3 PL Activities Architects designed a menu of modules for RCs to select from, prepare for, and deliver to Cohort 1 coaches Coaches were charged with leading grade-level team meetings to plan for differentiated instruction on their own

Overviews State and Building Leaders Teachers Teacher Academies Assessment trainings In-class coaching Core-specific trainings

Phonological Awareness StateBuildingTeachers

Phonics StateBuildingTeachers

Fluency StateBuildingTeachers

Vocabulary StateBuildingTeachers

Comprehension StateBuildingTeachers

Modules Assessment-driven Instruction Conferencing Reading Attitudes Informal Assessment CentersIntervention

Modules ObservationLC Self- Assessment Vocabulary and Comprehension Explicitness for PA/Phonics Comprehension Strategies Classroom Environment

Modules Advanced Decoding Explicitness for Fluency Differentiating K/1 Differentiating 2/3 InferringMain Ideas/ Cause-Effect

We have accomplished curriculum and school organization goals for both Cohort 1 and Cohort 2 schools.

We must concentrate our efforts on increasing the effectiveness of instruction.

Professional Support System Joyce, B., & Showers, B. (2002). Student achievement through staff development. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Gradual Release Model Teacher + Students All Teacher All Students All Students Pearson, P.D., & Gallagher, M.C. (1983). The instruction of reading comprehension. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 8,

Architects for RCs LCs for Grade-LevelTeams RCs for LCs “I do, we do, they do”

RC Planning Calendar Meet with Architects; Meet with RCs together; Observe LC grade-level teams; Engage in Study Group

August RC Events August 7-8: Meeting with Architects in Athens at Classic Center August 27: New Administrator’s Bootcamp in Forsyth August 28-29: New Literacy Coach training in Forsyth

August ArchitectsRCsLCs Differentiation Module PD Module Differentiation Module Study group work Prepare presentations for September Differentiation Module

New RC Books for Year 4! Five books have been selected by the Architects for use in RC Study Groups. (We may use portions of some of these plus additional sources to be identified later.)

O’Connor, R. E. (2007). Teaching word recognition: Effective strategies for students with learning difficulties. New York: Guilford Press.

Bear, D.R., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S.R., & Johnston, F. (2007). Words their way: Word study for phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction (4 th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Stahl, S.A., & Nagy, W.E. (2005). Teaching word meanings. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Raphael, T. E., Highfield, K., & Au, K. H. (2006). QAR now: A powerful and practical framework that develops comprehension and higher-level thinking in all students. New York: Scholastic.

Dickinson, D.K., & Neuman, S.B. (Eds.) (2006). Handbook of early literacy research (Vol. 2). New York: Guilford Press.

September RC Events September 6-7: Struggling Readers in Athens September 17: GRA Leadership Forum in Macon September 18: Conference with Architects and all LCs in ________ September 27-28: Preservice Conference in Athens

September ArchitectsRCsLCs GRA Data presentation GRA Data presentation Chapter presentation Grade-level observation Data/Chapter presentations for each grade level

October RC Events October 22: Principals’ meeting at Bagby October 23: Principals’ meeting at Lake Ocmulgee October 24: Principals’ meeting at Red Top Mountain

October ArchitectsRCsLCs Survey pilot Data presentation 3-week planning cycles New study groups Core-specific differentiation plans Grade-level observation Grade-level meetings on core-specific differentiation plans

November RC Events November 5-6: RC meeting with Architects in Savannah

November ArchitectsRCsLCs 4 modules on differentiation strategies 3-week planning cycles Grade-level observation 3-week planning cycles

December RC Events None!

December ArchitectsRCsLCs National Reading Conference PA/Phonics module Grade-level observation PA/Phonics module 3-week planning cycles

January RC Events January 8-9: Retreat with Architects and other researchers TBA

January ArchitectsRCsLCs Plan retreat Mid-year data analysis Retreat Phonics and Fluency Module Data collection for Exemplary grade levels Phonics and Fluency Module 3-week planning cycles

February RC Events February 18-19: Leadership Summit at ________

February ArchitectsRCsLCs Leadership Summit Data collection for Exemplary grade levels Grade-level observation Fluency and Comprehension Module Fluency and comprehension module 3-week planning cycles

March RC Events March 10-11: Architect Site Visits, TBA

March ArchitectsRCsLCs Site visits, TBANew Study Groups Vocabulary and comprehension module Grade-level observations Vocabulary and comprehension module 3-week planning cycles

April RC Events April 14-15: Architect Site Visits, TBA

April ArchitectsRCsLCs Site Visits, TBAGrade-level observations 3-week planning cycles

May RC Events May 4-8: IRA convention, Atlanta

May ArchitectsRCsLCs IRAEnd-of-year activities

June RC Events June 10-11: Funded Conference

June ArchitectsRCsLCs Plan Funded Conference Present on Case Study Materials and Exemplary Grade Levels Meet with LCs and Coaches to process ideas from Funded Conference

So let’s get started!