Reading Update: School-Based Inservice
75Points per year
7/12
2-013-037
General Objective
The purpose of this component is to provide the opportunity for schools to hold a variety of planned school improvement inservice activities for their faculties/staff throughout the course of the year. Upon successful completion of the component, participants will be able to demonstrate increased knowledge of/or skills in topics covered.
Specific Objectives
Upon completion of this component, participants will demonstrate increased competency in one or more of the following by being able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of scientifically-based research, theories, and practices in reading, including essential components of effective reading instruction.
- Demonstrate knowledge of formative assessment, including running records (miscueanalysis) and fluency measures.
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct Read Alouds.
- Understand Think Aloud strategies and demonstrate the use of them.
- Demonstrate the ability to teach how words work, using multiple strategies or techniques.
- Select appropriate word study strategies for advanced readers and writers
- Plan instruction to facilitate the reading-writing connection.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan instruction to improve student’s phonological awarenessor build fluency in reading and writing as specified in the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in Reading and Language Arts.
- Learn principles of Guided Reading and develop classroom implementation plans.
- Learn principles of effective vocabulary instruction aligned to the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in Reading and Language Arts.
- Identify the rationale and components required for small group instruction and differentiation to meet the needs of all learners.
- Implement literacy stations that reinforce skills and provide student interaction with each other and text.
- Understand the Just Read, Florida 90 minute reading block requirements, demonstrate awareness of the K-12 Comprehensive Research-Based Reading Plan and plan reading instruction under these guidelines.
- Discuss trends in instructional materials in reading and methods of evaluating the effectiveness of instructional materials in reading.
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate, select, and adapt instructional materials in reading.
- Develop and maintain currency in research-based reading instructional practices and assessment.
- Use analysis of school data and instructional practices to develop and implement the School Literacy Action Plan.
Description of Activities
Under the direction of a school based administrator, participants may earn inservice credits for a wide variety of mini-workshop sessions, each with the ability to stand alone, to be held as an integral part of faculty meetings or as a series of mini-workshops.
Evaluation of Participants
Evaluation of the specific objectives will be determined by the activity leader or designee through analysis of student performance data affected by training activities, portfolios maintained by the training participant, documented observation by administrators, rubrics developed for special area curriculum, teacher-provided test results/grade books, or curriculum alignment data.
Evaluation of Activity
An online evaluation for this activity is not required for this training. The facilitator may assign an evaluation survey through the Santa Rosa Professional Growth System if there is a need.