Professional Development - Reading, Writing, and Communicating

Professional Development

"We have an innate desire to endlessly learn, grow, and develop. We want to become more than what we already are. Once we yield to this inclination for continuous and never-ending improvement, we lead a life of endless accomplishments and satisfaction." — Chuck Gallozzi

Teachers are endlessly learning, growing and developing the next generation and themselves. This webpage will be updated regularly with some of the many opportunities available for continued professional growth in the area of Reading, Writing, and Communicating. For additional supports please check Instructional Resources.

• Explicit Teaching of Strategies and Concepts

  This PowerPoint provides a plethora of suggestions and promising practices for classroom use.

• Active Participation Instruction - 2nd Grade

  This video of Anita Archer gives educators a model for fostering active participation in the classroom.

• Informing Writing: The Benefits of Formative Assessment

  This is a publication by the Carnegie Corp. explaining the value of formative assessment to effectively teaching writing.

• Literacy Research Association

  “The Literacy Research Association (LRA) is a community of scholars dedicated to promoting research that enriches the knowledge, understanding, and development of lifespan literacies in a multicultural and multilingual world.” – LRD webpage.

For website assistance in Reading, Writing, and Communicating, please contact Charles Dana Halll.