Professional Development Implementation Details - Reading Street 2013

Name of Service / Length and Cohort Size / Also Available as Online Course / Description / Benefits
Product Orientation to Reading Street / Varies / Product orientation (on-site, via webinar, or through myPearsonTraining.com) introduces teachers to the components, instructional design, and resources of the Reading Street 2013 program. / Product orientation helps teachers understand the program components as the first step on the path to implementing Reading Street’s research-based instruction with fidelity.
Access to myPearsonTraining online tutorials / Online
on-demand /
Reading Street 2013 Implementation Essentials Plus / 6 hours
Up to 30 participants / / Activate the resources and built-in teaching strategies that help students become proficient readers and writers!
During this workshop, participants will engage in professional learning which helps them understand how to use Reading Street effectively to plan, deliver, and reflect upon instruction. Upon completion of the workshop, teachers will be on their way to implementing Reading Streetwith fidelity!
OUTCOMES:
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Activate the classroom components and resources in the Reading Street™ program.
• Summarize the philosophy, pedagogy, and basic organization of the Reading Street™ program.
• Begin to activate resources and strategies to meet students’ diverse needs. / The Essentials Plus workshop introduces teachers to the “how” of teaching with Reading Street 2013.
Reading Street 2013 Differentiating Instruction / 6 hours
Up to 30 participants / / Learn ways to differentiate instruction and meet the needs of all students!
Participants explore embedded instructional strategies, consider student data, and combine them to create appropriate whole- and small-group lessons. This workshop helps teachers make decisions for tiered instruction and maximize their literacy block.
OUTCOMES:
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Determine appropriate activities to support student progress.
• Develop instruction and intervention plans based on student data and instructional strategies.
• Implement the use of appropriate Reading Street materials for varied intentions. / Teachers who differentiate instruction can positively impact the success of all students in their classroom. This workshop focuses on the latest best practices in differentiation using Reading Street 2013.
Zoom into the Common Core on Reading Street 2013 / 6 hours
Up to 30 participants / / Support your students’ development of college- and career-readiness skills with Reading Street!
Participants will learn how to take advantage of the Common Core features built into the Reading Street program. They will also learn the reason behind why these areas are important, understand how using these features can increase students’ knowledge, and develop strategies that support students in becoming successful learners.
OUTCOMES:
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Explain the connection between the Common Core and the Zoom-in features in Reading Street.
• Use program features appropriately during instruction.
• Develop students’ college- and career-readiness qualities so that they are ready to learn. / This workshop helps teachers effectively teach to the Common Core by maximizing their implementation of Reading Street’s built-in Common Core features.
Small Group Lesson Study / Job-embedded service
6 hours Up to 6 participants / Practice planning a Reading Street lesson and see that lesson come to life!
In this one-day session, a group of up to six participants collaborates to plan a lesson, observes the implementation of the lesson, and records their observations. After the lesson, participants analyze the effectiveness of the lesson in meeting student needs and work together to plan future lessons using the strategies observed. This lesson study, led by a Pearson Educational Consultant, is designed to be conducted in small groups to afford reflection, collaboration, and deeper understanding of teaching and learning. / The highly effective Lesson Study model is conducted in small groups of 6 to afford reflection, collaboration, and deeper understanding of teaching and learning.
Using Performance Tasks Effectively in the Literacy Classroom / 6 hours
Up to 30 participants / Explore performance-based assessments in relation to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)!
Participants review sample performance tasks, determine criteria for effective performance tasks, evaluate the use of performance tasks as formative assessment tools, and begin to explore instructional shifts and the need for scaffolded instruction as a result of implementation of performance-based assessments.
OUTCOMES:
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Articulate the assessment shift that will come as a result of adopting CCSS.
• Distinguish characteristics of effective performance tasks and performance-based assessments.
• Utilize performance tasks as a formative assessment tool to build college and career competencies. / The implementation of new Common Core assessments is just around the corner! This workshop helps teachers understand the nature of performance tasks and performance-based assessment so they can align their instruction accordingly.
Reading Street: Writing to Sources / 6 hours
Up to 30 participants / / Learn how to raise the level of student writing!
The Common Core State Standards require students to synthesize ideas across multiple texts. During this workshop, participants learn instructional strategies for teaching students to respond to multiple sources, draw on textual evidence to support their ideas, and craft narrative, informative, and opinion pieces with accuracy and cohesion. They plan lessons and tasks that will provide students with guided practice writing to sources and discover ways to scaffold instruction to support all students as they work towards becoming inquisitive, thoughtful, and precise writers.
OUTCOMES:
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Scaffold instruction to help students respond to multiple texts.
• Cultivate a spirit of valuing evidence among students.
• Implement performance tasks that require students to synthesize ideas across multiple texts. / The Common Core State Standards for ELA will require new rigor for students around writing. This workshop helps teachers learn instructional strategies to improve students’ writing skills, particularly around evidenced-based writing.