ESU 10 is pleased to offer the Academic Literacy Project, a professional development series that focuses on helping teachers become familiar with and implement research-based literacy strategies that will increase student achievement for adolescent learners.The project focuses on four research-based recommendations for improving adolescent literacy. The recommendations are to:
- Provide explicit vocabulary instruction
- Provide direct and explicit comprehension strategy instruction
- Provide opportunities for extended discussion of text meaning and interpretation
- Increase student motivation and engagement in literacy learning
See the 2021-2022 flier for trainings here or below. For registration, visit ODIE Workshops and search "Academic".
The goals of this project are to become familiar with and implement research-based literacy strategies that will increase student achievement. The project trainings are facilitated by ESU 10 Staff. For more information contact:
If you are a teacher involved in the project, you can access our video library on the ESU 10 YouTube Channel.