Time: 9:00am-4:00pm Eastern August 5; 9:00am-2:00pm Eastern August 6

Location: Columbia Marriott,
1200 Hampton Street,
Columbia, SC 29201

Description: This session will provide participants an overview of the recommendations from the following Institute of Education Sciences and REL Southeast literacy tools: Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade, Professional learning communities facilitator’s guide for the What Works Clearinghouse practice guide: Foundational skills to support reading for understanding in kindergarten through 3rd grade, School Leader's Literacy Walkthrough: Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third Grades, Rubric for Evaluating Reading/Language Arts Instructional Materials for Kindergarten to Grade 5, Summer Reading Camp Self-Study Guide, and Self-study Guide for Implementing Early Literacy Interventions. Presenters will highlight activities that may be used through instructional coaching to implement the recommendations in reading instruction, intervention, and summer reading camp settings.

Partnership or Research Alliance: Improving Literacy Research Alliance

Audience: South Carolina Department of Education staff and literacy specialists, school and district administrators, and literacy coaches

Speakers: Marcia Kosanovich, REL Southeast
Kevin Smith, REL Southeast
Laurie Lee, REL Southeast

Report Citation: Dombek, J. L., Foorman, B. R., Garcia, M., & Smith, K. G. (2016). Self-Study Guide for Implementing Early Literacy Interventions (REL 2016-129). Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs.

Foorman, B., Beyler, N., Borradaile, K., Coyne, M., Denton, C. A., Dimino, J., Furgeson, J., Hayes, L., Henke, J., Justice, L., Keating, B., Lewis, W., Sattar, S., Streke, A., Wagner, R., & Wissel, S. (2016). Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade. (NCEE 2016-4008). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from the NCEE website: http://whatworks.ed.gov

Foorman, B. R., Smith, K. G., & Kosanovich, M. L. (2017). Rubric for Evaluating Reading/Language Arts Instructional Materials for Kindergarten to Grade 5 (REL 2017-219). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs.

Kosanovich, M. & Foorman, B. (2016). Professional learning communities facilitator’s guide for the What Works Clearinghouse practice guide: Foundational skills to support reading for understanding in kindergarten through 3rd grade (REL 2016-227). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs.

Kosanovich, M., Smith, K., Hensley, T., Osborne-Lampkin, L. T., & Foorman, B. (2015). School Leader's Literacy Walkthrough: Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third Grades. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED577453.

Matsumura, L. C., Garnier, H. E., & Spybrook, J. (2013). Literacy coaching to improve student reading achievement: A multi-level mediation model. Learning and Instruction, 25, 35-48.

Smith, K. G., & Foorman, B. R. (2015). Summer Reading Camp Self-Study Guide (REL 2015–070). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs.