k12> [WWWEDU] Adolescent Literacy Resources Available Online

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From: "Mary Anne Mather" <mary_anne_mather@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <wwwedu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:06:19 -0400
Subject: [WWWEDU] Adolescent Literacy Resources Available Online
 

Dear Middle School and High School Colleagues--

If improved adolescent literacy across the content areas is a goal
within your school improvement plans, the Education Alliance at Brown
University offers a free online resource and a companion Guidebook
that support professional development focused around improved
teaching and learning in this area.

The Knowledge Loom Web site's Adolescent Literacy in the Content
Areas spotlight (http://knowledgeloom.org/adlit) features a
research-based Adolescent Literacy Support Framework with
classroom-based strategies, research summaries, resources, and
success stories about how other schools are putting the practices
into action for increased student achievement in math, science,
social studies, and English/language arts.

A pdf file of the Loom's companion guidebook, "Using the Knowledge
Loom: Tools and Ideas for Collaborative Professional Development,"
can be downloaded free from the Web site
(http://knowledgeloom.org/guidebook). It includes graphic organizers
and activity ideas for using content found in the Adolescent Literacy
spotlight for teacher training.

The Education Alliance, through its contract as the Northeast & 
Islands Regional Educational Laboratory (LAB),  also offers a unique,
job-embedded, online, fee-for-service opportunity called the
Adolescent Literacy in the Content Areas Collaboratory.

In the Collaboratory, school-based content-area teams (consisting of
one math,  one science,  one social studies, and one English/language
arts teacher) interact with Loom content, a literacy facilitator,
four content area coaches (teachers in the field), and each other to
infuse research-based literacy practices into their content-area
lessons. The Collaboratory uses a proprietary online forum for
interaction and sharing. It was piloted in 2003-04 and will begin a
second round in August 2004.

Only five school teams will be accepted to participate. An
application and more details can be found at
http://knowledgeloom.org/adlit

APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 12

Since content-area teachers generally don't have a literacy
background, the Collaboratory supports improved student understanding
of content by offering new strategies that make sense to these
educators who are masters of their own content.

Please feel free to use the Loom's free resources for
district-sponsored professional development or consider the
Collaboratory if it suits your needs.

Best,
Mary Anne Mather

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Mary Anne Mather, Program Planning Specialist
The Education Alliance
222 Richmond Street, Suite 300
Providence, RI 02903-4226
Mary_Anne_Mather@xxxxxxxxx
401/274-9548 Ext. 315
Fax: 401-421-7650

The Education Alliance: http://www.alliance.brown.edu
The Knowledge Loom: http://knowledgeloom.org


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