TLA is a nonprofit professional learning organization specializing in literacy, learning, and leadership.
Boston, Mass.
Joined March 2014
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What can it look like to coach for engagement – not just achievement?
Educator @jimknight99 unpacks the critical role coaches can play in improving student well-being. (Via @LearningForward)
learningforward.org/journal/…
ALT Screenshot from the linked article, which suggests strategies for "coaching for engagement" in the areas of behavioral, cognitive and social-emotional growth.
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Rebecca Ward of @teachlearnorg shares how the Science of Reading impacts instruction and curriculum resource selection with MURSD ELA Curriculum Council and other educators #MURSD #MURSDThrives
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On the blog: 5 common challenges of curriculum implementation + practical tips and tools to help your team avoid them ✅
Read here: hubs.ly/Q02WbXwZ0
📘College students who can't read whole books because they never had to in middle school or college.
theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
#curriculummatters
We must learn about conditions that make change possible : edweek.org/teaching-learning…
“We are thrilled to receive the Cummings Grant to further our mission of catalyzing educational change from the inside out.
This important work is not done alone, & we are grateful to The Cummings Foundation for recognizing the impact of community investment and support.”
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It’s time to give teachers realistic pacing guidance.
Watch this on-demand webinar to help teachers find time to address students’ learning needs WHILE keeping pace with grade-level content: hubs.ly/Q02LNjlv0 #ELAChat
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"It's not best practice if it's not sustainable." —@SustainTeaching
ALT "It’s not best practice if it’s not sustainable. This means finding practices that lead to rich learning experiences while keeping curriculum design manageable within a reasonable workweek." —Paul Emerich France, Educator
💙 On Saturday evening, we celebrated TLA’s founder, Lynn Schade for her decades of commitment to education.
She has impacted countless leaders, teachers and children and we are so grateful for her vitality and vision.
#togetherwetransform #happyretirement
Another interesting visual representation of the complexity of growing readers.
How does one become a reader?
Teaching skills/strategies is clearly important.
But it's not the only factor in a reader's story.
(Adapted from "Teaching Readers, Not Reading: Beyond Skills and Strategies to Reader-Focused Instruction" by @PETERAFFLERBAC1, @guilfordpress)
ALT Several strands representing the different factors that contribute to children becoming readers.
💙 A "sneak peak" at the JOY awaiting.
🔗 Register today for our Writing Retreat. forms.gle/HjxXRdQgHNSBgxD38
🗓️May 30th at Cedar Hill Retreat Center.
✅Cost: $175/person.
(Breakfast, Lunch and Materials included!)
A decade old piece, but one that resonates. Want to grow as a writer yourself in a space that centers your voice and wellbeing? Join us at our Educators for Writers Retreat: forms.gle/xoi3oqfetG1b1AdK7
theatlantic.com/national/arc…
✅FREE workshop! Review the six types of syllables using VELCRO, a “sticky” mnemonic created by TLA. Engage in hands-on activities intended to support joyful, flexible, & independent problem-solving of multisyllabic words
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/4FY63FvpvoMFS8cYA
You're invited 💙 : Educators as Writers Retreat
When: 5.30.24
Where: 🏖️ Cedar Hill Retreat Center, Duxbury MA
Register here: tinyurl.com/kwwhjsxy
Participants will will develop their voice & writing craft as it applies to their own teaching, leading & coaching roles.
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Children's brain activity looks different whether they are reading narrative or informational text--no surprise that classroom research suggests our instruction for these genres should be different too (e.g., purposes established for reading, text structures taught, ?s asked...)
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Then let’s push for PD. Without it, nothing works. We ran a scale up last year with 80 schools and found no differences in ELA outcomes according to curriculum used (Wonders, EL etc) but the amount of PD provided mattered. PD in effective practices is the bigger lever
🧠Learn with us some tips on how to answer those tricky questions about the teaching of reading.
✅Register for FREE: forms.gle/8J9SkQMKsymD8pwP8
