Evidence-Based Comprehension Strategies for High School
Course Objectives:
- Review and discuss the nature of reading comprehension and cognition in adolescents.
- Analyze evidence-based strategies that work to increase reading comprehension in secondary students reading at or below grade-level.
- Conduct assessments and analyze assessment data to align, scaffold, and differentiate strategies to deficits.
- Research and select from a range of evidence-based strategies those to embed in planning and implement in the classroom.
Hours: 10
Evidence-Based Strategies for Struggling Readers in Middle School
Course Objectives:
- Review and discuss the nature of reading comprehension and cognition in adolescents with a focus on struggling readers.
- Analyze evidence-based strategies that work to close reading gaps among students reading below grade-level.
- Analyze assessment data to identify gaps and trends.
- Select from a range of evidence-based strategies those most appropriate in closing achievement gaps and meeting the varied needs of struggling readers.
Hours: 10
Early Literacy: Evidence-Based Teaching Methods for Beginning Readers
Course Objectives:
- Examine and discuss the larger picture behind the best practices of teaching beginning readers.
- Analyze evidence-based practices for beginning readers, and select those most appropriate for teachers' own classrooms.
- Analyze and discuss curricula for its appropriateness within teachers' own classrooms.
- Apply best practices to lesson design for immediate implementation.
Hours: 10