Adolescent Literacy

apply CURRENT READING RESEARCH IN secondary CLASSROOMs

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“Adolescent literacy is a shifting landscape where the heights get higher, the inclines steeper and the terrain rockier. Literacy demands change drastically in grades 4-12. So, too, do the students who must meet these demands.”

– “A Time to Act: An Agenda for Advancing Adolescent Literacy for College and Career Success,” by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

As students in grades 4-12 face drastically changing literacy demands, districts need tailored strategies to help every learner thrive—from building foundational skills to advancing disciplinary literacy.

At the HILL, we specialize in equipping educators and districts to meet these challenges through:

Professional Development Series

• A 10-part virtual series (2.5-hour sessions) on research-based topics for effective literacy instruction across all content areas. See below for details.

Comprehensive Coaching

• Align coaching with professional development to ensure implementation success.
• Specialized coaching for districts implementing new ELA core programs.

Assessment & Intervention Framework

• Build a fully articulated framework to address diverse literacy needs.
• Align student instructional profiles, resources, and interventions

Adolescent Literacy Professional Learning Series

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Who Should Take This Course?

Secondary content area teachers. Additionally special educators and reading specialists who are looking to support students in content area classes. (Special educators and reading specialists looking for support in intervention services should take the 3-5 SOR course).

The Adolescent Literacy Professional Learning Series teaches critical components of literacy instruction for Grades 6-12, integrating current research into each module and translating it into classroom application. The series consists of ten 2.5-hour facilitated, synchronous modules held via Zoom and continued learning through asynchronous materials and follow up activities. These modules address questions such as:

– What happens in the brain when we read? How can this understanding inform our instruction?
– What are basic, intermediate, and disciplinary literacy? How do these levels impact reading grade level content material?
– How do we plan differentiated instruction to allow all students to access complex text?
– How do we analyze instruction to determine the presence of features of effective instruction?
– What is the importance of vocabulary acquisition? What impact does it have on comprehension?
– What role does strategy instruction play? How do high-leverage instructional routines support constructing meaning from text?
. . . and much more!

Topics:

MODULE 1: Introduction to Adolescent Literacy
MODULE 2: Features of Effective Instruction
MODULE 3: Using Background Knowledge and Inferencing Skills
MODULE 4: Constructing Meaning While Reading: Get the Gist
MODULE 5: The Role of Vocabulary in Meaning Acquisition
MODULE 6: Self-monitoring and Questioning to Support Meaning Acquisition
MODULE 7: The Role of Fluency and Syntax in Meaning Acquisition
MODULE 8: Text-based Discussion
MODULE 9: The Reading-Writing Connection
MODULE 10: Pulling It All Together: Sustaining Practices

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The interactive activities allowed me to engage with the information at a new level and…the application assignments truly provided that practicum piece that many trainings lack.

Kristin Allen, Literacy Specialist, Regional School District 13

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I have been applying many of the strategies in my teaching practice and my students have shown improvement in their skills. I look forward to incorporating more of the skills next year.”

Lisa Rapisarda, Swampscott Public Schools

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