Virginia’sEarlyInterven1onReadingSymposiumMarch25and26,2009O0lieAus7n,Ed.D.UniversityofVirginiaTeresaVedder,Ed.S.

HardyElementarySchool,IsleofWight

Instruc7onalLeadershipthatPromotesLiteracyAchievement

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VISION!

KeyElementsofanEffec7veSchool

  StrongBuildingLeadership  StrongStaffCollabora7on On‐goingProfessionalDevelopment

  ShareStudentAssessmentData

 ReachouttoParents

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TheRoleofPrincipalasLeader

  Instruc7onalLeader  SupporterofTeachers*SharedLeadership

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FiveQuali7esofEffec7veLeaders(fromJohnBrekke)

1.  StrategicThinking:Peoplewhoarestrategicconsidertheimplica7onsofdecisionsandac7ons.

2.  People‐Relatedness:Leadershipthatisconnectedtothemasses.

3.  UrgencyandAccountability:Decisionsmadeattheappropriatelevelwithaccountability.

4.  CulturalAaen7on:aschoolcultureshouldbefocused,provideopportuni7esforpersonalgrowth,demandpersonalexcellence,andareteacher‐friendly.

5.  Coaching:Thecoachwalksthewalk;talksthetalk;andsupportsteachersalongtheway.

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DevelopingaLiteracyLeadershipTeam

ElementaryLevel  Principal(andAP)  ReadingSpecialistorLiteracy

Coach

  Primary‐LevelTeacher  IntermediateLevelTeacher

  ResourceTeachers (SpecialEd,ELL,etc…)

*Teammembersareresponsibleforcommunica1ngwithotherteachersinthe

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“Aneffec(veschoolreadingprogrammustbebaseduponabroadcomprehensiveviewofreading;itrequiresavisionofwhatreadingis,anditdemandsaconcertedeffortthatinvolvesallprofessionalsintheschoolsworkingtowardasharedvision.”

Bean,2002

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DevelopingaSchool‐wideProgram

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LEADERSHIPTEAM

COMMITMENT

VISION

EXPECTATIONS

TEACHERBUYIN

ACHIEVEMENT

ComponentsofLiteracyProgram

  Assessmentsthatdriveinstruc7onandMonitorGrowth‐‐PALS,QuickChecks,andinformalmeasures(Spelling,RunningRecords,WRC)

  Accesstowiderangeofreadingmaterials  LiteracySpecialistwhoisaccessibletoteachers  ModelandSupportforTeachers  ACommonandpredictablescheduleandrou7ne  Instruc7onthatbuildsthedesireandskilltoread  StrugglingReaders’needsareaddressed

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DevelopingLiteracyVision

  Goal:Anar7culatedvisionforliteracyinyourschool.  Whocreatesit?Ul7mately,theliteracyteam.  Whoneedstohaveasay?Communityofteachers!

  Onceyouhaveavision,thendevelopaplanwithspecific7melineandac7onsthatwillbetakentogetthere.

  VisionStatementsomenneedRE‐VISIONovertheyears.

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Communica7ngVision

  ClearVisionStatement.Wherearewegoing?Whyarewegoingthere?Howwillwegetthere?

  ValueofTeachers.Youareimportant!Withoutyouwecannotachieveourgoalsofmee7ngourstudents’needs.

  OurStatus.Shareinforma7onsothatteacherscanseehowwearedoinginservingtheneedsofourteachers.Division,

School,gradelevel,classroom.

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**Everygoalthatgetsaccomplishedhasagoodplanbehindit.**

"Adreamisjustadream.Agoalisadreamwithaplan

andadeadline.” HarveyMackay

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Coordina7ngaSchool‐wideProgram

  Visible,aaainablegoals  Scheduledassessmentsconsistentlyused

  ConsistentGroupingPrac7ces:Flexiblewithinclass,flexiblesame‐grade,flexibleacross‐grade

  Plannedcurriculumandplannedresources

  Coordinatedscheduling

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Perfec7ngInstruc7on–WorkingwithTeachers

  Howmuch7meisspentonliteracyinstruc7on?

 Whatdoesthelessonplaninclude?  Grouping:WholeClass/SmallGroup/1:1  PupilEngagement:High/Low;On‐task/Not Whatistheteacherdoing?  Tellingvs.Coaching

*No7ceteachers’interac7onstyles.Tellingandrecita7onareobservedmoreomenthancoachingandscaffolding.

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• Teachersuseassessmenttoinforminstruc1on.• Primaryteachersusesystema1cphonicsinstruc1on.• Decodingskillsaretaughtconnectedtospellingandreading.• Smallgroupinstruc1onisusedasmuchasormorethanwholegroup.• StudentsareengagedlearnersNOTpassiveones!• Higherlevelques1oningincreasesinuseforgrades4‐5.

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Effec7veInstruc7onattheElementaryLevel

A“RadicalRethinking”ofPD

“Whateveryoneappearstowantforstudents–awidevarietyoflearningopportuni(esthatengagestudentsinexperiencing,crea(ng,andsolvingrealproblems,usingtheirownexperiencesandworkingwithothers‐isforsomereasondeniedtoteacherswhentheyarelearners.”

AnneLieberman,1997

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JobEmbeddedPD

  Opportuni7estolearninpowerfulwaysaremostomenconnectedtorealproblemsandrealsolu7ons!

  Mo7va7ontolearnandtoengageinprofessionaldevelopmentislinkedtoimprovingandassessingdailyprac7ce.

(HawleyandValli,1999)

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StayInformed!InvolvementinProfessional

Organiza7ons

–  IRA‐Interna7onalReadingOrganiza7on

–  NRC‐Na7onalReadingConference

–  ALA‐AmericanLibraryAssoc–  ASCD‐AssocforSupervisionand

CurriculumDevelopment–  NSDC‐Na7onalStaffDevelopment

Council

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Bibliography

Bean,Rita.(2004).TheReadingSpecialist.GuilfordPress.Calhoun,Emily.(2004).UsingDatatoAssessYourReading

Program.ASCD.Guth,NancyDeVries&Peaengill,Stephanie.(2005).Leadinga

SuccessfulReadingProgram.Interna7onalReadingAssocia7on.

McKenna&Walpole.(2008).TheLiteracyCoachingChallenge.GuilfordPress.

Vogt,MaryEllen&Shearer,Brenda.(2007).ReadingSpecialistsandLiteracyCoachesintheRealWorld(2ndedi7on).Pearson,Allyn&Bacon.

Toll,Cathy.(2005).TheLiteracyCoach’sSurvivalGuide.Interna7onalReadingAssocia7on.

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Bibliography

Walpole&McKenna(2004).TheLiteracyCoachesHandbook.GuilfordPress.

ARTICLESCobb,C.(2005).LiteracyTeams:SharingLeadershiptoimprove

studentlearning.TheReadingTeacher,58(5),472‐474.

Taylor,Pearson,Peterson,Rodriguez.(2005).TheCIERASchoolChangeFramework:Anevidencebasedapproachtoprofessionaldevelopmentandschoolreadingimprovement.ReadingResearchQuarterly,40(1),40‐69.

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Websites

  Interna1onalReadingAssocia1onhap://www.reading.org/General/Default.aspx

  TheLiteracyCoachingClearinghouseisajointventureoftheInterna7onalReadingAssocia7onandNa7onalCouncilofTeachersofEnglishhVp://www.literacycoachingonline.org/

  FloridaCenterforReadingResearchhVp://www.fcrr.org/

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