Comparing Methods of Literacy Assessment: One Construct, Defined and Measured Many Ways
Assessment Panel Discussion featuring Ted Hasselbring, Ed.D., Malbert Smith, Ph.D, and Julie Alonzo, Ph.D.
May 9, 2017
Duration: 60 Minutes
There are several ways to define the construct of literacy for the purpose of measurement or assessment. All of these methods have avid subscribers, valid applications, and unique strengths. Hear from some of the biggest literacy and literacy measurement experts in the field today on the different methods of testing reading—along with their advantages and how they impact classrooms today.
Literacy and Language Gains for Long-Term English Learners: Shifting Policy and Practices
Dr. Elena Izquierdo
May 2, 2017
Duration: 60 Minutes
Dr. Elena Izquierdo knows that there are multiple forces at work that are changing the landscape in which long-term English learners engage with the academic standards to which they are accountable. In this webinar, she shares her insights into the kinds of policy and practice shifts needed to ensure that we leverage our long-term English learners' language assets to the max—for optimal outcomes. She will also share examples from her experiences working with school districts across the country and from the Literacy Camp she runs at University of Texas, El Paso.
From a Model Schools Conference to a Hard Hat Nation: How Asbury Park Reinvented Itself
Asbury Park School District Panel Discussion with Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., Superintendent and
Sancha Gray, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Instruction
Dr. Lamont Repollet
April 24, 2017
Duration: 60 Minutes
Join panelists from the Asbury Park School District, Superintendent Dr. Lamont Repollet and Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Instruction Sancha Gray, as they discuss how they initiated turnaround efforts to achieve a district-wide transformation. Dr. Repollet conceptualized his own intervention program, Hard Hat Nation, within the district after attending ICLE's Model Schools Conference just a few years ago. The name came from his interview process when he said he was “not afraid to get [his] hands dirty” in a district with extremely low literacy rates. As the literacy rates grew within Grades 3 to 12, the district also saw a sharp drop in student course failure rates. In this webinar, Dr. Repollet and Sancha Gray will discuss how they are implementing other successful school-wide initiatives to increase overall success rates for all students that come through this New Jersey school district.
Reading Development, Dyslexia, and What Struggling Readers Have Taught Us about Reading Instruction for All
Dr. Laurie Cutting
April 18, 2017
Duration: 60 Minutes
Reading development and instruction is a primary concern for both general and special educators. Despite decades of research that has focused on how to insure that all children become successful readers, the rate of reading failure in the Unites States remains high. While there are various components that lead to reading failure, knowing the signs of children at risk for developing reading difficulties is essential. In this webinar, Dr. Cutting will discuss the basics of reading development, the behavioral and neurobiological characteristics of children who struggle with reading, and how research on dyslexia has informed teaching practices in both general and special education.
Bolstering Students' Academic Oral Language to Support Literacy and Learning
Kate Kinsella, Author, Adjunct Faculty, San Francisco State University
April 11, 2017
Duration: 75 Minutes
Orchestrating classroom interactions that significantly improve students' language and literacy skills is both a science and an art. Students at every age and reading level will gain from informed guidance in targeted language to achieve a range of communicative goals within lesson interactions—from articulating and justifying claims to restating and comparing. Drawing on extensive experience serving under-resourced youths and English learners in K–12 classrooms, Dr. Kinsella will detail the language demands posed by text-based classroom discussion and provide practical guidance and resources to help all students become more agile and confident communicators.
Fueling the Brain’s Affective and Cognitive Subcommittees for Literacy
Dr. David Dockterman
October 18, 2016
Duration: 60 Minutes
Literacy performance depends on a collection of the brain’s resources working together like a well-functioning committee. To master the complex components of reading and writing, students must want to succeed, believe that they can, and have the learning dispositions and behaviors that make it all possible. This webinar will consider how to organize the resources and foster the culture necessary to activate and sustain all of the reading brain’s subcommittees—phonologic, semantic, orthographic, executive, and emotional—for engaged, deep learning.