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Professional Development
Read about our professional development offerings.
Brochure: Professional Development Offerings to Raise Achievement in Reading and Writing (PDF)
Literacy Collaborative Cross-training Opportunity
Intermediate Cross-training will prepare previously trained Primary Literacy Coaches to support Intermediate teachers and their students with a literacy framework designed specifically for intermediate readers and writers.
Academy for Literacy Coaches K-6
Columbus, OH: September 5-7, October 3-5, and November 8-9, 2012
Prepares individuals to coach K-6 teachers in reading, writing, and word study. Participants will learn how to work with teachers to help them become more effective in their classroom practice.
Literacy Collaborative Aligns with Core Principals of Response to Intervention
RtI in Literacy Collaborative Schools (PDF)
Schools that have implemented Literacy Collaborative are well on their way to fulfilling the requirements of the 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA). It allows the use of RtI, a different approach to identifying and assisting children who may have learning disabilities. It also allows the use of funds for early intervention services without the determination that a child has a learning disability.
Invest your stimulus dollars NOW for long-term gains with Research-Based Literacy Initiatives at The Ohio State University
"We need to invest this money quickly, thoughtfully, and transparently to protect kids, create jobs, and drive reforms"—Secretary Arne Duncan, February 19, 2009.
Click here for a comprehensive guide to Research-Based Literacy Initiatives at OSU (PDF)
Literacy Collaborative
Literacy Collaborative is a comprehensive school reform project designed to improve the reading, writing, and language skills of elementary children. The cornerstone of this project is dynamic, long-term professional development. School-based literacy coaches are trained in research-based methods; provided with ongoing professional development as they continually implement research-based approaches in their own classrooms; and supported as they provide on-site training for the teachers in their schools. The goal of this comprehensive effort is to significantly raise the level of achievement for all students.
The Literacy Collaborative incorporates all of the elements of effective schools to support improved literacy instruction and student achievement through:
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Providing a research-based instructional model that is language-based, student-centered, process-oriented, and outcome-based;
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Creating in-school and in-district leadership through the training and support of school-based literacy leadership teams, administrators, and literacy coaches;
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Establishing long-term site-based development for every member of the school’s literacy faculty; and
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Helping schools monitor the progress of every student through systematized assessment, data collection, and analysis.
Becker, Pinnell gifts to train new Reading Recovery teacher leaders
Inspire magazine (pp.19-20) talks about the Becker and Pinnell funds and awards made to school districts.
Read the second 2011 issue of our Literacy Projects at OSU: What's New At OSU? newsletter (PDF).
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Mansfield schools re-partner with Literacy Collaborative
Mansfield News Journal (March 20, 2011): "A renewed partnership with The Ohio State University has Mansfield City Schools back on track toward what Superintendent Dan Freund calls 'significant academic change' to sustain students' classroom improvement."
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Mansfield Teachers Share Ideas that Work
Mansfield News Journal (November 18, 2010): "At the beginning of the school year, 35 percent of the students in Kimberly Johnson's kindergarten class knew most of the letters of the alphabet. Through the teaching plan she helped design, that number was up to 75 percent by October. Superintendent Dan Freund commended the work being performed by Mansfield teachers in partnership with The Ohio State University's Literacy Collaborative."
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Assessing the Value-Added Effects of Literary Collaborative Professional Development on Student Learning
"Assessing the Value-Added Effects of Literary Collaborative Professional Development on Student Learning" in The Elementary School Journal, Volume III, Number I, reports on a 4-year longitudinal study of the effects of Literacy Collaborative. Results demonstrated increasing improvements in student literacy learning during LC implementation, and the benefits persisted through subsequent summers. Findings warrant a claim of substantial effects on student learning for the LC coaching model.
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State Report Cards: South-Western schools earn an 'A'
Coaches for math, literacy helped district improve
The Columbus Dispatch reports (August 24, 2010) that the "South-Western school district - the sixth-largest in the state - has made the leap from a grade of C to an A on its state report card" citing the importance of coaches for math and literacy in helping to improve their standing."
Visit the Columbus Dispatch to read the entire article.
Education Week: Coaching of Teachers Found to Boost Student Reading
Education Week reports that a study of the Literacy Collaborative approach to instruction finds that putting reading coaches in schools can yield strong gains.
This achievement was also featured in the College of Education and Human Ecology's 2010 edition of Inspire (p.17).
Research
Literacy Collaborative’s Effects on Teaching and Student Learning
Large-scale federally funded study finds Literacy Collaborative raises rates of learning by 32%
Large-scale federally funded study finds Literacy Collaborative raises rates of learning by 32%
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