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Features of Effective Instruction (PDF of presentation)
Description of several effective practices, including explicit, systematic instruction; multiple practice opportunities; and immediate feedback.
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Change: The Dynamic Force, Laying a Foundation by Implementing Best Practices in a School-Wide Program (PDF of presentation)
Presentation by Yassmin Lee and staff from Rosemont MS on planning and campus implementation of RTI at a Fort Worth middle school. (2009)
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Understanding Differentiated Instruction
Video of reading expert, Sharon Vaughn, discussing how differentiation benefits all students – both struggling and higher-achieving.
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Establishing an Intensive Reading and Writing Program for Secondary Students (Revised)
Professional development guide that provides in-depth background knowledge about adolescent literacy, specifically related to struggling readers and writers.
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Facilitator’s Manual: Study Guides for the Kindergarten and First Grade Texas Online Teacher Reading Academies (OTRA)
Provides professional development sessions that administrators, coaches, and teachers can use to extend their knowledge and skills related to early literacy instruction, assessments, and meeting the needs of English learners.
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Facilitator’s Manual: Study Guides for the Second and Third Grade Texas Online Teacher Reading Academies (OTRA)
Provides professional development sessions that administrators, coaches, and teachers can use to extend their knowledge and skills related to early literacy instruction, assessments, and English learners.
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Phonological Awareness: Survey of Knowledge
Quick assessment for teachers to check their knowledge of basic phonological awareness terminology.
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RTI Leadership Summit 2009 – Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA; PDF of presentation)
2009 presentation of research findings behind assessments and interventions in the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA).
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