School Effectiveness
K-12 Literacy
K-12 Literacy Section Mission Statement
K-12 Literacy will support LEAs and other educational entities in building and sustaining comprehensive instructional systems through professional
development and technical assistance.
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Vision
K-12 Literacy is an exemplar model of a Professional Learning Community.
- Common purpose and cohesive goals within our team.
- Community network of collaborative action, shared information and use of data to drive decisions.
- Have strategic partnerships.
- Informed, knowledgeable, articulate staff.
- Professional development and technical assistance is timely and relevant.
- Our work supports the development of beacon schools.
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Program Overviews
AZ READS
Comprehensive Literacy Framework
The Lexile Framework ® for Reading
Reading First
Language Arts Standards Implementation
21st Century Community Learning Centers
K-12 Literacy Online Community
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UPCOMING TRAININGS:
The Reading-Writing Connection and the Art of Literary Response (Adolescent/Secondary Level): November 4th, 2008
6-Traits Writing in Social Studies (Adolescent/Secondary Level): November 7th, 2008
Arizona LETRS Fall Cohort 2008
Arizona LETRS Spring Cohort 2009
LETRS Modules 10-12 for Adolescent Readers: November 3-5, 2008
Trainings offered by Standards-Based Best Practices
Anita Archer: Struggling Adolescent Readers (3-day workshop): January 28–30, 2009
Anita Archer: Struggling Adolescent Readers (3-day workshop): June 24-26, 2009
Frank Smith: Active Engagement and Effective Teaching Practices: A Bridge from Teaching to Learning: February 25th, 2009
Frank Smith: Research-Based Summer School Intervention (Primary: For Students Leaving 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade): March 26-27, 2009
Gail Adams: Research-Based Summer School Intervention (Intermediate: For Students Leaving 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Grade): April 23-24, 2009
WestEd: Teach For Success Observation Program/ Coach For Success (4-day workshop): December 3-4, 2008 AND January 7-8, 2009
WestEd: Teach For Success Observation Protocol/ Coach For Success (4-day workshop): February 5-6, 2009 AND February 18-19, 2009
WestEd: A Look at Differentiation of Instruction to Meet the Needs of ALL Students to be SUCCESSFUL in Academic Learning: January 21-22, 2009
WestEd: A Look at Differentiation of Instruction to Meet the Needs of ALL Students to be SUCCESSFUL in Academic Learning: March 23-24, 2009
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For further information on Professional Development opportunities, please see ADE's Comprehensive Professional Development/Technical Assistance Catalog www.ade.az.gov/schooleffectiveness/Catalog.pdf
Contact Information
School Effectiveness Division
Arizona Department of Education
1535 West Jefferson Street, Bin #5
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Tel: 602-364-2333
Fax: 602-364-0902
Associate Superintendent: Kathryn Hrabluk
This page was last updated on
Friday, January 02, 2009.
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