February Newsletter

 

ELAT Program Contacts and Administrators

 

Thank you for completing MOY benchmark assessments!

 

We understand that these days of providing instruction are challenging for so many reasons. Thank you for going above and beyond to educate all students. A critical part of instruction is having the right understanding of where students are with specific skills to plan specific instruction. This requires both progress monitoring and using your interim assessment data. 

 

Please plan now to ensure all students are progress monitored in a timely manner and are benchmarked during the ELAT end of year window: April 26th - May 14th. 

 

If educators are unsure or uncomfortable with remote assessments, please reach out to Dori Klar, our ELAT Professional Development Project Manager and she will work with you to identify a time and plan for a coaching session to assist your educators. 

 

We also have many resources already posted on the ELAT Microsite. We want all educators confident in their assessment practices. 

 

 

As the Amplify ELAT Leadership Team continues to gather information to better serve your needs, we would greatly appreciate you taking 3-5 minutes to fill out this short MOY to EOY ELAT Instructional Planning Survey 20-21 by Tuesday, February 9th.

February Office Hours - The Amplify ELAT Team will be hosting February Office Hours, “Using your mCLASS tools” on Thursday, February 11 at 9:00AM MST. We will record and send it out as well as post on the ELAT Microsite so all educators can have access. Please register to receive the recording.

 

March Office Hours - Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, March 3rd at 9 AM MST! We will be sharing “What are the MOY ELAT data telling us?”. We have had several requests for these data so we want to let you know that this topic is coming. As always, we will be recording it and sending to anyone that registers and posting it on the ELAT Microsite.

    

Science of Reading Virtual Symposium - You are all invited!

What do you need to know about the science of reading? What does it look like in practice—whether remote or in the classroom? How can you make the shift in your district?

 

Amplify is assembling a dream team of experts from our podcast to address these questions and more in our free virtual symposium.

 

Built for These Times: Making the Shift to the Science of Reading

Date: March 4, 2021

Time: 11a.m.- 4p.m. EST

Register Now - If you can’t make it at that time, access to the 

recordings will be sent to you!

 

 

Science of Reading Podcast Series

Welcome to Science of Reading: The Podcast Season 3! Our new season kicks off with a special focus on Scarborough’s Reading Rope in a series of episodes we’re calling Deconstructing the Rope. Each episode in the series will cover critical elements of the rope, what they mean, and how they impact learning in the classroom. 

 

 

2020-21 ELAT Professional Development

Coaching Sessions

We are pleased to offer 3-hour coaching sessions available to your teachers and/or coaches, complimentary as part of your participation in ELAT. These sessions are designed around your needs. Possible topics include:

• Understanding your MOY data

  • What do my measure level data reports tell me?

  • What do my Pathways of Progress data tell me?

  • What do my Correlation Reports data tell me?

• Planning instructional next steps

• Reviewing school level processes (schedules, PD planning, curriculum, data analysis process, staffing and assessment practices)

• How does Acadience Reading tie into what we are learning about The Science of Reading?

• Prepare for remote assessment (progress monitoring or benchmarking)

Please request coaching support here; any questions about the sessions can be sent directly to Dori Klar.

 

ELAT Contact Information:

• Laura Stelling, CDE READ Act Grants Project Manager

• Karen Cushman,  ELAT Project Manager, Amplify

• Genna Faulkenberry, ELAT Benchmark windows, Amplify

• Dori Klar, ELAT Professional Development, Amplify

 

Please share the information below with your staff - THANK you for your assistance!

 

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ELAT Updates for Coaches and Teachers

 

February Office Hours - The Amplify ELAT Team will be hosting February Office Hours, “Using your mCLASS tools” on Thursday, February 11 at 9:00AM MST. We will record and send it out as well as post on the ELAT Microsite so all educators can have access. Please register to receive the recording.

 

March Office Hours - Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, March 3rd at 9 AM MST! We will be sharing “What are the MOY ELAT data telling us?”. We have had several requests for these data so we want to let you know that this topic is coming. As always, we will be recording it and sending to anyone that registers and posting it on the ELAT Microsite.

    

Science of Reading Virtual Symposium - You are all invited!

What do you need to know about the science of reading? What does it look like in practice—whether remote or in the classroom? How can you make the shift in your district?

 

Amplify is assembling a dream team of experts from our podcast to address these questions and more in our free virtual symposium.

 

Built for These Times: Making the Shift to the Science of Reading

Date: March 4, 2021

Time: 11a.m.- 4p.m. EST

Register Now - If you can’t make it at that time, access to the 

recordings will be sent to you!

 

 

Science of Reading Podcast Series

Welcome to Science of Reading: The Podcast Season 3! Our new season kicks off with a special focus on Scarborough’s Reading Rope in a series of episodes we’re calling Deconstructing the Rope. Each episode in the series will cover critical elements of the rope, what they mean, and how they impact learning in the classroom. 

 

 

2020-21 ELAT Professional Development

Coaching Sessions

We are pleased to offer 3-hour coaching sessions available to your teachers and/or coaches, complimentary as part of your participation in ELAT. These sessions are designed around your needs. Possible topics include:

• Understanding your MOY data

  • What do my measure level data reports tell me?

  • What do my Pathways of Progress data tell me?

  • What do my Correlation Reports data tell me?

• Planning instructional next steps

• Reviewing school level processes (schedules, PD planning, curriculum, data analysis process, staffing and assessment practices)

• How does Acadience Reading tie into what we are learning about The Science of Reading?

• Prepare for remote assessment (progress monitoring or benchmarking)

Please request coaching support here; any questions about the sessions can be sent directly to Dori Klar.