Alaskan Resources

Alaska State Literacy Blueprint-Birth To Graduation
The Blueprint can be downloaded here

The Blueprint was created by the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and a State Literacy Team of Alaskan educators, to focus on the development of children's literacy from birth to graduation. The Blueprint is intended to provide guidance to policymakers, districts, school and community leaders, educators and families about ways to support all children in becoming literate and prepared to fully participate in their chosen.....

Professional Development

Call For Presenters-2012 Summer Literacy Institute: Rigorous Reading Instruction
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The Alaska State Department of Education & Early Development is soliciting proposals for presentations at its 2012 Summer Literacy Institute. This institute is designed to provide instruction in rigorous reading skills and strategies. Presentations must use a teach/guide/practice model. Each of the twelve presenters chosen will be given 3 hour blocks within their strand. Presentations may be repeated in multiple blocks throughout the institute, May 23-25, 2012. There will be up to 30.....

Research and Best Practices

New! ----High School Knowledge Database
High School Knowledge Database
The National High School Center has announced a free new online resource located on the website: High School Knowledge Database. The Database houses vetted resources on a variety of high school improvement topics that can be sorted and filtered, and replaces the static Topics Web pages that previously housed these resources. The new Database includes three search options: 1) a Keyword text search; 2) a High School Topic Area(s) search; and 3) an option to Search by the Eight Elements of High School Improvement. This last search allows you to.....

Resource Highlights

Improving K-3 Reading Comprehension
Module 1 - Research Overview
The Center on Instruction has published a series of four Improving K-3 Reading Comprehension professional development modules designed to provide key principles and practices that support classroom instruction. Each module provides resources useful to federally funded School Improvement Grant (SIG) programs. The webinar modules introduce the Center on Instruction (COI) and Doing What Works (DWW) websites' tools and resources and address 1) the supporting research, 2) teaching comprehension strategies, 3) engaging students with text, and 5).....

 
Improving Adolescent Literacy in Rural Schools: A Schoolwide Approach
Click Here For The WebEx Webinar Recording
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This is the second in a series of webinars especially designed to assist rural school staff with implementation of their School Improvement Grants (SIGs). The intended audience for this webinar includes all educators engaged in or interested in improving literacy instruction for adolescents—grades 6–12. The presenters were Dr. Debby Houston Miller and Vicki LaRock from the Center on Instruction's Literacy Team. During this one hour webinar, presenters focused on the following guiding questions: What are the major goals of adolescent.....

 
Early Warning System Middle Grades Tool
Download The Tool Here
The National High School Center's Early Warning System (EWS) Middle Grades Tool enables schools and districts to identify students who may be at risk for academic failure and to monitor these students’ responses to interventions. The tool relies on student level data available at the school or district including indicators for attendance, course failures, and behavior (if available) to calculate potential risk for eventual dropping out. The intended purpose is to support students with an increased risk of academic failure, in order to get.....