Fleur McJilton is
a language and literacy instructional coach with San Lorenzo Unified.
The impact of professional dvelopment and coaching on early
language and literacy instructional practices.
Not exact matches
Recent research, however, has shifted our thinking: It's not reading per se that impedes Hispanic students» advanced
literacy skill development; it's actually the
language of print — in the newspaper, the textbook, the magazine article — that proves difficult
and demands
instructional emphasis.
Dec. 4, 2 p.m. ET: Common Core State Standards:
Literacy and English -
Language Learners As educators begin putting the common core into classroom practice, what
instructional strategies will they need to bridge the gap between acquiring
language and truly mastering academic content for ELLs?
Kelly A. (Brizendine) Blair
Language and Literacy Current city: Chicago Current job: Education Consultant (
Literacy, Curriculum, Assessment, Technology) Career highlight: Leading a team of managers
and instructional designers in the development of K — 12 digital curricula
and assessments in math, science, social studies,
and language arts.
In addition, it reviews various
instructional techniques that mainstream teachers can use to support the
literacy and content learning of English -
language learners in their classrooms.
(ii) Analyzing individual ongoing, child - level assessment data for all children birth to age five participating in the program
and using that data in combination with input from parents
and families to determine each child's status
and progress with regard to, at a minimum,
language and literacy development, cognition
and general knowledge, approaches toward learning, physical well - being
and motor development,
and social
and emotional development
and to individualize the experiences,
instructional strategies,
and services to best support each child.
The task was to observe instruction in
literacy (reading or
language arts)
and mathematics, determine the kinds
and frequencies of particular
instructional strategies teachers used,
and note classroom conditions.
The Co-op will leverage partnerships across multiple school districts to share
and reduce the costs of accessing high - quality professional develop
and consulting for
language and literacy teachers,
instructional coaches,
and school administrators who are passionate about improving
literacy outcomes.
Classroom observation that is focused on specific behaviors
and environmental factors can be a powerful
instructional tool that provides a great deal of information to help teachers, principals,
and other educators enhance
language and literacy learning in early childhood classrooms.
Educators will get the research - based guidance they'll need to organize their classrooms, routines,
and lesson plans through differentiated instruction to meet
instructional needs of students with learning differences,
and their peers will improve every aspect of students»
literacy, including reading, writing, listening,
and speaking skills, by providing both oral
and written
language instruction.
The
language here is about collaborative learning communities, achieving school goals, effective
instructional design, fostering
literacies and designing learning environments.
Specialties:
Instructional leadership development, data - driven instruction, English
language learners, college
and career readiness, higher education
literacy
She works with school district administrators
and teachers across the country to customize
and deliver systemic approaches to
literacy development through
instructional practices that integrate culture,
language,
and cognition to expand
and accelerate student learning
and achievement.
Basic
literacy and English
language learning (ELL) tutors will have access to a selection of training materials that can be applied to many
instructional settings.
This year, you may notice some shifts in
instructional practices as teachers begin to align their classroom teaching to the new New York State Common Core Learning Standards for English
language arts
and literacy.
Address the
language,
literacy,
and content
instructional needs of English learners.
Read, Write, Lead: Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide
Literacy Success: Mentor teacher and instructional coach Regie Routman shares proven methods on how teachers and principals can ensure effective literacy instruction for all K — 12 students, including second - language and struggling l
Literacy Success: Mentor teacher
and instructional coach Regie Routman shares proven methods on how teachers
and principals can ensure effective
literacy instruction for all K — 12 students, including second - language and struggling l
literacy instruction for all K — 12 students, including second -
language and struggling learners.
Our review of over 300 early
language and literacy (preschool through early elementary school) outcomes found that the typical early
language and literacy intervention adds only 1.6 months of additional growth over routine
instructional practices.
A primary goal of the work has been to understand educator engagement with RW training resources
and its influence on making
instructional shifts in English
language arts
and literacy that are required by the Common Core State Standards.
There are two
instructional practice toolkit modules: one for mathematics
and another for English
language arts /
literacy.
Dr. Bob Pritchard, co-founder of EPF for Teaching is a
language and literacy specialist who works extensively with teachers
and administrators around the county implementing high leverage, research - based,
instructional practices associated with improved student learning across content areas.
There are some studies that connect teacher perceptions to their development
and professional practices (Aguirre - Munoz et al. 2008; Huang 2004; Hart
and Okhee 2003), such as Aguirre et al.'s study that provided clear evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of a systemic functional linguistic approach to teacher development for attention to academic
language /
literacy in teachers»
instructional practice, but the findings are limited to teacher development in the area of middle school
language arts.
Each of the Access solutions incorporates robust scaffolds
and targeted resources to accelerate
language acquisition
and literacy gains across a variety of
instructional models.
As part of this study, researchers
and teacher consultants developed units comprised of SIOP lessons designed to make the science topics comprehensible to English
language learners through various
instructional techniques
and also to develop their academic science
language and literacy skills.