1. Keystone State Reading Association October 19, 2013 State College, PA

2.  Welcome!  Please create a blog post about your experiences at KSRA in State College thus far!

3.  Tina Selvaggi, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of Literacy West Chester University  Mary Molyneaux-Leahy, M.Ed. Adjunct Professor of Literacy Cabrini College

4.  West Chester University  Cabrini College

5. Capstone courses in the Graduate Reading Specialist Certification Program at both institutions. These courses provide a practical application of the reading specialist's role in organizing and operating a school literacy program in a K-12 environment.

6.  Needs Assessment  Analyze Strengths/Needs of Language Arts Program  Design a Professional Learning Plan  Address area of concern  Reflect course content

7.  Graduate students were paired to maintain a digital web log (blog)  Discussed individual and collaborative literacy experiences  Blog tool (wordpress.com)  Postings occurred three times throughout the semester  Students completed a survey about their blogging experiences

8.  Week 4: Assessment of Curriculum Strengths and Needs  Week 7: Stages of Concern When Adopting a New Practice (Hall and Hord, 2001)  Week 13: Roles of the Reading Specialist (IRA Position Statement, 2000)

9. 6. Refocusing: I have some ideas about something that would work even better. 5. Collaboration: How can I relate what I am doing to what others are doing? 4. Consequence: How is my use affecting learners? How can I refine it to have more impact? 3. Management: I seem to be spending all my time getting materials ready. 2. Personal: How will using it affect me? 1. Informational: I would like to know more about it. 0. Awareness: I am not concerned about it.

10.  Timing of the activity is suitable  Difficulty level of the reading assignment is suitable for students to read and understand on their own  Reading assignment lends itself to discussion  Sufficient moderation from the instructor Al-Fadda and Al-Yahya (2010)

11. Analysis of Curriculum Strengths and Needs  Summarize analysis process  Identify an area of concern  Share a personal connection/reflection

12. Stages of Concern (Hall & Hord, 2001) -Summarize the change process -Identify ways to support teachers through the change process -Share a personal connection/reflection

13. Roles of the Reading Specialist (IRA Position Statement, 2000) -Compare the roles of the Reading Specialist identified by IRA and roles observed in your instructional setting -Identify opportunities for literacy coaching -Share a personal connection/reflection

14.  Sharing experiences and opinions  Prepare for future in the world of digital technology  Importance of communication and networking

15.  Would have liked to meet partner  Would have liked more opinions/broader view  Blogging tool

16.  Communication and networking outside of class/college  Instructor involvement  Appropriate pacing  Opportunities for whole class involvement

17.  Questions  How does this relate to your practice?  Blogging experiences  Opportunities for collaboration  Other

18.  IRA Standards 1.1, 1.3 Foundational Knowledge  IRA Standard 2.1, 2.3 Curriculum and Instruction  IRA Standard 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Assessment and Evaluation  IRA Standard 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 Literate Environment  IRA Standard 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 Professional Learning and Leadership

19.  Al-Fada, H., & Al-Yahya, M.(2010). Using web blogs as a tool to encourage pre-class reading, post-class reflections and collaboration in higher education. US-China Education Review, 7 (7), 100-106.  Bean, R. M. (2004). The reading specialist: Leadership for the classroom, school, and community. New York: Guilford Press.  DarlingHammond,L., Wei, R., Andree, A., Richardson, N.,& Orphanos, S. (2009). State of the Profession. Journal of Staff Development, 30(2), 42-44,46-50,67.  Hall, G. E., & Hord, S. M.. (2001). Implementing change: Patterns, principles, and potholes. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.  The International Reading Association’s (IRA) position statement on Reading Specialists (2000)

20.  tselvaggi@wcupa.edu  mtm726@cabrini.edu