Reading
First New Jersey - Professional Development Video-based Reading
Strategies and Techniques
Professional
development at the school and district level must be focused
on targeted needs.
LOCAL
LEVEL
Professional development must clearly align with the following:
- Selected
instructional program for Reading First, including its research
base, and
- Revised
New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for language arts
literacy (2002)*. In addition,
these plans must be aligned to the K-3 accomplishments established
by the National Research Council (1998).
DISTRICT
(LEA) LEVEL
Professional development must include the three phases of initiation, implementation,
and sustainability. This three-tiered model will become a blueprint for all
Reading First schools, and will eventually become a plan for all New Jersey
schools. Local Education Agencies (LEAs) will be required to develop a three-year
activity plan of ongoing professional development that is fully aligned to
the five essentials of reading instruction, which have the following:
- High-quality
professional development experiences based on scientific research
will lead to informed classroom, school, and district decision-making;
- Delivery
mechanisms that include the use of coaches and other teachers
of reading to provide feedback as instructional practices are
put into classroom practice; and
- Plans
that clearly describe how the Reading Coach will be utilized
in the school/classroom and the coach's role in district professional
development plans.
* It
should be noted that the revised New Jersey language arts literacy
standards for reading (3.1) are closely aligned to the K-3 accomplishments
developed by the National Research Council (1998).
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