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Literacy Achievement for Secondary Students

Literacy Achievement for Secondary Students. Exemplary teaching behavior Domains of expertise. Anne G Liguori. Need for database documenting. Best teaching practices Instructional features resulting in greatest gains Increase students’ ability to read content. Domain 1 Teaching Pedagogy.

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Literacy Achievement for Secondary Students

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  1. Literacy Achievement for Secondary Students Exemplary teaching behavior Domains of expertise Anne G Liguori

  2. Need for database documenting • Best teaching practices • Instructional features resulting in greatest gains • Increase students’ ability to read content

  3. Domain 1 Teaching Pedagogy • Need to be questioners • Promote independent thinking • Become independent learners • Incorporate inquiry into instruction • Students take ownership of their work • Students choose assignments

  4. Exemplary Teachers • Model approaches to expository text • Think alouds, pair share • Literature circles • Write in journals about what they read • Use questioning stategy

  5. Domain 2 Addressing Diverse Needs • Individualize instruction • Frequent assessment and feedback • Flexible grouping strategies

  6. Exemplary Teachers • Connect with students • Know strengths and needs • Observations and feedback • Promote higher levels of thinking • Share progress, owners of achievement

  7. Domain 3 Personal Characteristics • Care for all students • Love learning • Collaborate with peers • Be prepared • High expectations of self

  8. Exemplary Teachers • Enthusiastic • Updates professional knowledge • Includes humor in instructional strategies • Well organized • Open and receptive to new ideas • Comfortable discussing instead of lecturing

  9. Domain 4 Knowledge Base • Content area • Developmental stages of adolescents • Reading instruction strategies

  10. Exemplary Teacher • Masters of their content area • Distinguished by knowledge of how you learn to read • How to implement effective instruction for struggling readers

  11. Domain 5 Approaches to Teaching • Hands-on activities, use of visuals • Mini lessons teach specific reading strategy • Discussions instead of lecturing • Building informed student choice • Technology

  12. Exemplary Teachers • Set up an inviting classroom • Model giving constructive feedback to each other • Model reading through read alouds • Hook students into reading • Show emotions

  13. Domain 6 Professional Development • Professional associations • Reading conferences • Aware of current research • Reflect on own teaching • Engage in continuous professional education

  14. Exemplary Teachers • Thorough knowledge of the curriculum • Standards for the grade level before and after • Knows best practices • Always updating skills • Knows content teachers are reading teachers

  15. Domain 7 Appropriate Relationship with Students • Communicate all students are valued • Mutual respect with students • Interact with students positively

  16. Exemplary Teachers • Need to spend time one-on-one • Understand adolescent behavior and masks • Sense of humor • Well organized, no surprises, fair

  17. Domain 8 Classroom Management • Keep students focused • Orderly, uninterrupted time for learning • Students are actively engaged • Minimal discipline problems • Emphasis on academic learning • High expectations for all

  18. Exemplary Teachers • Strong leadership qualities • Faculty and staff work together • Good listening skills • Well organized, materials readily available • Students aware of all expectations and consequences

  19. Develop Intervention Programs for Secondary Teachers • Assess their knowledge of reading instruction • Train them in reading strategies • Model how to incorporate strategies into instruction

  20. All secondary teachers should be literacy teachers. • Parris, Sherri R. and Cathy Collins Block. “The expertise of adolescent literacy teachers” Journal of Adolescent and AdultLiteracy 50-7 (2007):582-596.

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