Jade Wexler

The purpose of this project is to develop an adaptive intervention model (AIM) used by instructional leaders to provide ongoing professional development (PD) to content-area middle school teachers as they implement Tier 1 evidence-based literacy practices. Significant numbers of adolescents do not adequately understand complex texts, impeding their school success, access to postsecondary learning, and job opportunities. The problem is even greater for students with disabilities, as evidenced...

The research team proposed to develop a middle school co-teaching program that to improve collaboration between general (content-area) and special education teachers and, ultimately, reading skills and content-area knowledge of students with disabilities. The level of literacy necessary for post-secondary education and employment has increased dramatically over the last 20 years. However, many students with disabilities are not receiving sufficient literacy instruction in content-area classe...