SPDG Webinar Series #2

1. SPDG Webinar Series#2 Essential Components of an Effective Core Reading Program

2. Online norms • State name before contributing • Speak slower than usual • muteandunmute • Turn down computer speaker volume • Minimize background distractions • Assume good intent • Be present

3. Check in • Round Robin: state your school name and the names of those attending from your school. What are school colors? • The facilitator will acknowledge who is “in” the room.

4. Where We’ve Been • Completed District Implementation Evaluation Tool SB and DB • Participated in T.A. call • Begin to complete SPDG Action Planning Form • Training on RTI essential Components and Implementation Science • Held team planning meetings

5. Where We’re Going, Objectives • Gain an understanding of components necessary for implementing an effective core reading program in Response to Intervention system • Begin to take action steps to create a Standard Reading Protocol • Gain a conceptual understanding about importance of fidelity tools

6. Successful core instruction is the most important thing you can do in RTI. most

7. Tier 1 is for all students • access to general education curriculum • opportunity to demonstrate mastery of it

8. Today is about avoiding…

9. The Florida Center for Reading Research defines Core… initial instructional tool used to guide high quality instruction in k-5 classrooms. The CCRP (Comprehensive Core Reading Program) correlate to all reading and Language Arts content based on the five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The CCRP contains instructional design components including explicit instructional strategies, coordinated instructional sequences, ample practice opportunities, and aligned student materials.

10. The Florida Center for Reading Research defines Core… initial instructional tool used to guide high quality instruction in k-5 classrooms. The CCRP (Comprehensive Core Reading Program) correlate to all reading and Language Arts content based on the five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The CCRP contains instructional design components including explicit instructional strategies, coordinated instructional sequences, ample practice opportunities, and aligned student materials.

11. The Florida Center for Reading Research defines Core… initial instructional tool used to guide high quality instruction in k-5 classrooms. The CCRP (Comprehensive Core Reading Program) correlate to all reading and Language Arts content based on the five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The CCRP contains instructional design components including explicit instructional strategies, coordinated instructional sequences, ample practice opportunities, and aligned student materials.

12. The Florida Center for Reading Research defines Core… initial instructional tool used to guide high quality instruction in k-5 classrooms. The CCRP (Comprehensive Core Reading Program) correlate to all reading and Language Arts content based on the five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The CCRP contains instructional design components including explicit instructional strategies, coordinated instructional sequences, ample practice opportunities, and aligned student materials.

13. The Florida Center for Reading Research defines Core… initial instructional tool used to guide high quality instruction in k-5 classrooms. The CCRP (Comprehensive Core Reading Program) correlate to all reading and Language Arts content based on the five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The CCRP contains instructional design components including explicit instructional strategies, coordinated instructional sequences, ample practice opportunities, and aligned student materials.

14. The Florida Center for Reading Research defines Core… initial instructional tool used to guide high quality instruction in k-5 classrooms. The CCRP (Comprehensive Core Reading Program) correlate to all reading and Language Arts content based on the five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The CCRP contains instructional design components including explicit instructional strategies,coordinated instructional sequences, ample practice opportunities, and aligned student materials.

15. The Florida Center for Reading Research defines Core… initial instructional tool used to guide high quality instruction in k-5 classrooms. The CCRP (Comprehensive Core Reading Program) correlate to all reading and Language Arts content based on the five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The CCRP contains instructional design components including explicit instructional strategies,coordinated instructional sequences, ample practice opportunities, and aligned student materials.

16. The Florida Center for Reading Research defines Core… initial instructional tool used to guide high quality instruction in k-5 classrooms. The CCRP (Comprehensive Core Reading Program) correlate to all reading and Language Arts content based on the five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The CCRP contains instructional design components including explicit instructional strategies,coordinated instructional sequences, ample practice opportunities, and aligned student materials.

17. The Florida Center for Reading Research defines Core… initial instructional tool used to guide high quality instruction in k-5 classrooms. The CCRP (Comprehensive Core Reading Program) correlate to all reading and Language Arts content based on the five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The CCRP contains instructional design components including explicit instructional strategies,coordinated instructional sequences, ample practice opportunities, and aligned student materials.

18. Start with the Why Simon Sinek

19. Start with the Why Simon Sinek

20. Start with the Why Simon Sinek

21. Differences Learning to Read

22. Why focus on Core?

23. Your turn… Does your district have a definition of the core?

24. What do you think? What do you have to say?

25. We cannot fix a flow problem one kid at a time. Simon Sinek

26. Develop Standards of Practice • Your District Team will work to create non-negotiables for your district around the instruction of your core reading curriculum • Ensure each class has a 90 minute core in a 5 day week. • Develop scope and sequence.

27. Developing Standards • Core curriculum is taught, not just bought • You are developing YOUR standards of practice around the curriculum • T.I.P. Transparency, Inclusion and Planning • Involve teacher leaders • Be clear, consistent and repetitive with message for effective, sustainable implementation

28. Core curriculum is taught, not just bought • You are developing YOUR standards of practice around the curriculum • T.I.P. Transparency, Inclusionand Planning • Involve teacher leaders • Be clear, consistent and repetitive with message for effective, sustainable implementation

29. Core curriculum is taught, not just bought • You are developing YOUR standards of practice around the curriculum • T.I.P. Transparency, Inclusion and Planning • Involve teacher leaders • Be clear, consistent and repetitive with message for effective, sustainable implementation

30. Core curriculum is taught, not just bought • You are developing YOUR standards of practice around the curriculum • T.I.P. Transparency, Inclusion and Planning • Involve teacher leaders • Be clear, consistent and repetitive with message for effective, sustainable implementation

31. What is core instruction? • 90 minutes of instruction daily (K: 60 minutes) • Alignment amongst • Big 5 Ideas in Reading (Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension) • Common Core • Purchased Core Adoption

32. Develop Standards of Practice

34. A Balanced & Healthy Literacy Diet Reading Comp Phonics (Alphabetic Principle) Oral Reading Fluency & Accuracy Phonemic Awareness Vocabulary

35. Include Common Instructional Strategies Instruction is more important than curriculum

36. Include: Active Engagement • Physical Gestures • Hand Signals • Acting Out Responses • Cloze Reading • Echo Reading • Partner Reading • Choral Reading • Classroom Technology • Precision Partners • Think-Pair-Share • Think-Write-Share • Choral Responses (with a teacher signal) • Team Responses • Response Cards • White Boards

37. How can you tell if Tier 1 is Healthy? Are 80% of your students proficient? • At each grade level? • Economically disadvantaged kids? • Boys and Girls? • English Language Learners? • Students from different cultural backgrounds? ?

38. Fidelity to the core…because Successful core instruction is the most important thing you can do in RTI. most

39. Fidelity to the core • The Big 5 of Reading • The scope and sequence • State and common core standards • Common instructional and active engagement strategies 24

40. Fidelity to the core Worksheets Fidelity

41. Why is fidelity important? • Comprehensive program that incorporates all components of reading • Students have the opportunity to make connections • Students read text that supports vocabulary, phonics, and comprehension lessons • The whole school has a common language, common goal, and common tools 23

42. Why is fidelity important? • Comprehensive program that incorporates all components of reading • Students have the opportunity to make connections • Students read text that supports vocabulary, phonics, and comprehension lessons • The whole school has a common language, common goal, and common tools 23

43. Non-curriculum specific fidelity checklists

44. Curriculum specific fidelity checklists

45. Fidelity to the Core • You have to inspect what you expect • Classroom walkthroughs • Core program fidelity checks • Are we all doing what we agreed to do?

46. Plan for Professional Development High above the hushed crowd, Rex tried to remain focused. Still, he couldn’t shake one nagging thought: He was an old dog and this was a new trick.” The Far Side

47. Professional Development

48. Review • Start with Why? • Move to How • Create Standards • Include: 90 minute reading blocks, Reading Components, effective instruction, active engagement • Develop fidelity tools • Plan for ongoing and embedded PD/PL

49. Improving Your Core Aligned, coordinated, instruction, active engagement and frequent feedback 90 min reading block structure Professional Development, adult learning Fidelity

50. Remember: Adopting a New Program, Practice, or Process TO Making the Giant Leap: Plan for success: build an action plan to cross the bridge to move to effective, sustainable implementation GIANT LEAP Increases in Outcomes Changes in Practices Current Practice Implementation Bridge Practice Hall, G.E. & Hord, S.M. (2006). Implementing Changes p. 10