Professional Learning Support Evaluation

Successful literacy initiatives in middle and high schools require exceptional expertise that supports the learning needs and strengths of faculty and builds leadership capacity.

Courses, webinars, one-on-one mentorship, and more

DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS

Building instructional leadership capacity can be challenging and takes time. Reading Ways offers resources for supporting instructional leadership across all aspects of our work with partner schools.

Leadership keynotes and workshops

Reading Ways offers keynote speakers, single-day and multi-day workshops (e.g., summer institutes), both in-person and online.

Literacy Leadership Course

Our 15-hour online literacy leadership course introduces staff members to our framework for adult professional development and provides an overview of our perspective on disciplinary literacy.

Literacy Leadership Webinar Series

Reading Ways hosts webinars with leading authors, researchers, and school leaders on themes related to school leadership. Each webinar includes open discussions about what their ideas mean for your school community.

ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP

Depending on the experience of the Reading Ways Site Leader, we suggest weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly conferences.

DATA ANALYSIS, GRANT WRITING, AND PROGRAM EVALUTATION

Building value through operational support and Analytical Insights

Assessment and data analysis

We help institutions discover useful information, make informed decisions, and mitigate biases about educational practices.

Grant Writing

Whether you are just starting your project or need feedback on your final draft, our team can help you clearly present your vision and submit a viable grant application.

OASIS NETWORK

When teams of schools adopt this work simultaneously, it allows participants to extend their learning across sites in ways that are both efficient and cost-effective.

PROGRAM EVALUATION

Reading Ways provides high-quality research and evaluation services.

Courses, webinars, resources, and more

Professional Learning for teachers

Students need robust reading comprehension skills to tackle rigorous content in high school and beyond. Superficial attempts to import basic reading strategies from English classes into math, history, and science settings have largely failed. Although teachers have access to countless strategies, locating high-quality resources and knowing how to apply them purposefully in the classroom can be challenging.

Keynotes and workshops

Reading Ways also offers keynote events, as well as single-day or multi-day workshops (e.g., summer institutes) for groups of middle and high school teachers.

Literacy Webinar Series

Reading Ways hosts webinars with authors, researchers, and teachers who are leading the way in adolescent literacy. Every webinar provides specific resources to use at your school.

Resources and strategies

We have selected research-based instructional strategies, sample text sets, discussion protocols, and word lists for teachers in each subject area. These resources are available in MS Word and PDF.

Teacher courses

Our hybrid courses bring together videos, research, and instructional resources in an exceptional learning management system. Our online learning supports teams of teachers examining research, testing new practices and reflecting on what worked (and what did not).

A NEW MODEL FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

OUR MODEL

Our model for professional learning is designed to improve your school’s in-house capabilities in a sustainable and lasting way. Reading Ways has developed this model based on years of professional experience and research into adult learning.

Our goals

Goal 1

To improve reading scores and create a new generation of pupils able and willing to critically engage with texts in digital environments.

Goal 2

To create and sustain a community of teachers who reflect deeply on their practice and push one another to improve it.

Goal 3

To embed high-quality, research-based pedagogical tools in schools and classrooms, and to work with teachers to adopt them.

Goal 5

To use a research-based model of higher-order thinking that aligns the instructional mission of teachers across content areas.

School leaders: Learn how to implement Reading Ways

implementation guide

Our program-implementation guide provides a detailed description of our courses, the implementation cycle, all of our programs and products, and a budget worksheet — everything a school leader needs to start building a multi-year literacy plan. Request yours now.

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Events and webinars

OALN Webinar – w/Catherine Snow

Public schools will not serve as the great equalizer of opportunity until they provide all students with the chance to acquire the critical listening, reasoning, argumentation, and communication skills developed through classroom discourse and required for future success in any discipline.

Past

OALN Webinar – w/Toni-Ann Vroom

This presentation will provide an overview of the Hochman Method, an evidence-based method of expository writing instruction that can be used in every grade and in all subjects.