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Overview of Higher Education Information/Resources for Current and Former Foster Youth, Adopted Youth, and Youth in PCA/PMC
Department of Family and Protective Services’ (DFPS) chart of resources for secondary-aged youth in foster care. Revised July 2013.
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Comprehension (Spanish): Before Reading, Making Predictions
Comprehension lesson teaching students to ask questions before reading an expository text. All materials are in Spanish.
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Comprehension (Spanish): Asking When and Where Questions
Comprehension lesson teaching students to ask questions during and after reading an expository text. All materials are in Spanish.
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Comprehension (Spanish): Asking Why Questions
Comprehension lesson teaching students to ask questions before, during, and after reading an expository text. All materials are in Spanish.
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Comprehension (Spanish): Get the Gist
Lesson materials for students to identify the main idea or “get the gist.” All materials are in Spanish.
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Secondary RTI: Providing Instruction in Teacher-Led Small Groups Module One
First in a series of three online professional development modules demonstrating the contribution of well-managed teacher-led small groups and centers to effective RTI implementation at secondary campuses.
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Secondary RTI: Promoting Teacher Leadership
Online professional development module presenting examples of secondary campuses that have effectively implemented RTI due to teacher leadership and collaboration.
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Using Research to Inform Literacy Instruction: How Should We Teach Students to Read Unknown Words?
Online professional development module addressing the questions: “Should I teach students to use semantics and syntax to read words they don’t know? Should I teach students to guess a word based on pictures, context, and/or the first letter of the word?” And, "When a student struggles with the alphabetic principle, should I have him practice reading in decodable texts, or leveled/predictable texts or both?"
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