Literacy Leaders

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Literacy Leaders

• Treasures Reading Program
• Laura Thompson
• Regional Consultant

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Agenda

• Literacy Leadership
• What it takes
• The role of assessment
• Knowing your program
• Supporting your staff

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Who is a reading leader?

• A person who believes that every child can
  become a successful reader AND commits the
  resources, will, courage, and sheer doggedness to
  doing whatever it takes.

--Bill Honig
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What does it take?

• Knowledge and skills
• Tools and materials
• Support Systems and Leadership

Results
www.corelearn.com
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Knowledge and Skills

• Understanding of research-based practices and
  theory
• Knowledge of reading program
• Develop and practice skills needed to teach
  effectively

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Tools and Materials

• Treasures
• Assessments
• Best practices

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Support Systems and Leadership

• Collaboration
• Troubleshooting
• Professional Development
• Implementation Mentoring Systems
• Assessment Systems
• Scheduling

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Literacy leaders must

• Marshall resources
• Provide time
• Identify other leaders/mentors
• Stay the course when things get tough!

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JigsawImplementing and Sustaining An Effective
Reading Program

• Read
• Highlight important points
• Summarize your excerpt
• Prepare to share/discuss your part with colleagues

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Implementing and Sustaining an Effective
Reading Program

• 1s pages 1 and 2
• 2s pages 3 and 4
• 3s pages 5 and 6 (up to Table 3)
• 4s pages 6 (Table 3)-page 7
• 5s pages 8-9

Written by Linda Diamond
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Discussion

• Professional Development
• Role of the Principal
• Assessment
• Four Learners
• Differentiated Support

What did you find most interesting?
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How does Treasures support an effective reading
program for your school?

• Solid research base
• Explicit instruction
• Rich literature and non-fiction texts
• Balance of whole and small group instruction
• Differentiated instruction

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Treasures Reading Overview

• Kindergarten
• Student Materials
• Teachers Materials
• Assessment
• Reading Triumphs

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K-2What should I see?

• Daily whole and small group instruction
• Student engagement techniques
• Perky pace
• Explicit teaching strategies for phonemic
  awareness, phonics, decodable books, etc.
• Meaningful centers and independent assignments

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Student Materials
Look in the student book and discuss each
component.

• Talk About It
• Vocabulary
• Graphic Organizers
• Retelling Cards
• Write About It
• Time for Kids
• QAR

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Leveled Readers

• Same theme
• Same graphic organizer
• Same vocabulary
• Same comprehension skill/strategy
• 4 levels approaching, on level, beyond and ELL
• Color coded and leveled using GR, benchmark and
  lexile levels

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Teacher MaterialsDigging For Treasure!

• Choose one component
• Oral Language
• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Fluency
• Comprehension
• Writing
• Look through TE
• Discuss routines, methods and resources

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Grades 3-6What should I see?

• Assessment driven instruction
• Modeling
• Balance of whole/small group instruction
• Daily small group instruction
• Meaningful independent work/centers
• Active engagement

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Instructional Navigator

• Lesson Planner
• Teachers Edition
• Resources

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Assessment

• K-6 Assessment Handbook
• Weekly Tests
• Unit Tests
• Benchmark Assessments
• Fluency Assessments
• Running Records

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Reading Triumphs

• Horizontally aligned to Treasures
• Same theme, graphic organizer, and comprehension
  skill/strategy
• High interest/low readability text
• Designed to close the reading gap for intensive
  learners

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Preparing to support your teachers

• Review
• Kindergarten
• First Grade
• One grade 3-6
• Participate in in-service opportunities with your
  staff
• The better you know the program, the more you can
  help!

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Understand that implementation

• Is hard work
• Takes time
• Is difficult for some
• Requires a collective effort and commitment

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Implementation Resources

• Walk through forms
• Program materials
• Consultant
• Each other!

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Walk Through Forms

• Review the forms provided
• Choose two that you might use
• Discuss the following questions
• Why did you choose the 2 forms?
• What information do you get from each?
• How can you use each form to support teachers and
  assess implementation?

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Assessing Implementation

• Observe teachers
• Use an informal walk-through checklist
• Analyze weekly and unit assessments

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Agenda Review

• Literacy Leadership
• What it takes
• The role of assessment
• Knowing your program
• Supporting your staff

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Geo Review
What squared with something you already knew?
What information do you see from a new angle?
What information completed a circle of
knowledge for you?
What are you going to do next based on the
information you heard today?
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For questions or support

• Laura Thompson
• laura_thompson_at_mcgraw-hill.com
• 913-322-6164
• Thank you!!