This Progress Monitoring: Reading professional learning module builds educator knowledge in how to generate useful feedback for gauging independent student reading development over time within the elementary classroom. Provided by the IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University, the module entails approximately two hours of self-study with optional credit and micro-credentialing features. Users consider the guiding questions, watch numerous brief video clips, […]
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Professional Learning Communities Facilitator’s Guide for the What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School
For use in professional learning communities (PLCs), this Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest facilitator’s guide supports the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) practice guide titled Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School. The facilitator’s guide engages educators in a five-step collaborative and cyclical process to build teacher knowledge and application of evidence-based strategies appropriate for […]
Considerations for Scheduling Early Literacy Interventions
A product of the Southeast Regional Educational Laboratory, this infographic depicts an intervention schedule for Grades K–2 classrooms utilizing evidence-based recommendations reported in Institute of Education Sciences (IES) guidance documents. As an example master schedule, the allotted timeframes advocate for reading as a literacy priority in every early grades classroom. The timeframes consist of split schedules–A and B–to ensure that […]
Teacher Evaluations: What Is the Issue and Why Does It Matter? Policy Snapshot
Teacher evaluations are essential to helping states, districts, and schools maintain an effective teacher workforce. This policy brief describes how states work to develop effective teacher evaluation systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Title II, Part A. This brief provides state education agency staff and other interested stakeholders with insight into legislative activities across the country as they […]
Indicators of Successful Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Oklahoma Rural School Districts
This study, by the Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, highlights the issues around recruiting and retaining effective teachers in Oklahoma’s rural school districts. The paper seeks to identify teacher mobility patterns and community factors as well as indicators of effective recruitment and retention practices. Key findings include: (a) teachers in Oklahoma’s rural school districts have a 70 percent chance of earning […]