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The three - year «Project on Adolescent Literacy,» conducted by the center for early adolescence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, examined efforts by school districts and community agencies to combat illiteracy in that age group.

Now living in Washington, D.C., Hecker is the founder and president of Reach Incorporated, a nonprofit organization focused on improving literacy skills by offering struggling adolescent readers an opportunity to tutor in high - need D.C. elementary schools.

09, is the founder and president of Reach Incorporated, a nonprofit organization focused on improving literacy skills by offering struggling adolescent readers an opportunity to tutor in high - need D.C. elementary schools.

The study, co-authored by language and literacy development expert Catherine Snow, looked at three multiyear adolescent literacy projects: Promoting Adolescents» Comprehension of Text (PACT); Catalyzing Comprehension through Discussion and Debate (CCDD); and Reading, Evidence, and Argumentation in Disciplinary Instruction (READI).

One of her latest projects tackles the problem of adolescent literacy, not solely through dry survey data or statistical analyses, but also by studying middle school classrooms in the Boston Public Schools.

She is an author of Multiple Meaning Vocabulary published by Sopris West / Cambium Learning, and a McGraw - Hill Education author of Lesson Connections and Core Lesson Connections and adolescent literacy program Read to Achieve.

This Study Guide is designed to enhance your understanding of Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy: An Implementation Guide for School Leaders, an ASCD book written by Judith L. Irvin, Julie Meltzer, Melinda Dukes and published in June 2007.

CCSSO's Adolescent Literacy Toolkit was developed by the Council and multiple partners in response to a state - identified need to develop the skills, knowledge, and resources of content - area high school teachers to implement adolescent literacy best practices and strategies in their cAdolescent Literacy Toolkit was developed by the Council and multiple partners in response to a state - identified need to develop the skills, knowledge, and resources of content - area high school teachers to implement adolescent literacy best practices and strategies in their claLiteracy Toolkit was developed by the Council and multiple partners in response to a state - identified need to develop the skills, knowledge, and resources of content - area high school teachers to implement adolescent literacy best practices and strategies in their cadolescent literacy best practices and strategies in their claliteracy best practices and strategies in their classrooms.

This video, developed by the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at the University of Texas at Austin as part of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies, demonstrates use of the Frayer model in an eighth grade math class to increase students» understanding of math concepts.

This video, developed by the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin as part of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies, demonstrates students developing Levels 1, 2 & 3 questions in a middle school class to increase students» understanding of text comprehensions.

ILA publishes The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Reading Research Quarterly, which are peer reviewed and edited by leaders in the field.

These authors are from every region of the country — MA, TX, IN, GA, NY, CO, etc. — and have been published by important professional presses such as Teachers College Press, Harvard Education Press, Routledge, Rowan and Littlefield, Heinemann, and the University of Chicago Press as well as leading journals such as Ed Leadership, Learning Forward, National Association of Elementary School Principals, Journal of School Leadership, the Journal of Adult & Adolescent Literacy, and many more.

The program will increase the school community's mental health awareness and literacy, which serves as a prevention tool for the community regarding adolescent depression; offer two - level screening to students in one middle school and two high school grades, including universal, self - report screening for all students, followed by in - depth interviews with students who screen as high risk; and communicate with Holliston parents / guardians about youth depression and resources, provide more significant follow - up (both immediate and long - term) with parents / guardians of high - risk teens, and provide all school families with access to the Interface Referral Network.

Elise has primary responsibility for a wide range of Child Development initiatives, including the annual Autism, Behavior, and Complex Medical Needs (ABC) Conferences, People Safe Places (PSP) as part of the Tools to Empower Adolescent Moms (TEAM) initiative, the Promoting Early Math Literacy project, and activities related to Promoting Resiliency of Trauma — Exposed Communities Together (PROTECT), funded by HRSA.