Adolescent Literacy
Adolescent Reading Academy
Similar to the CORE Elementary Reading Academy, the Adolescent Reading Academy targets teachers of language arts, interventionists, and special education staff in middle and high school settings. The content reflects the research on reading problems for struggling older readers and supports the recommendations of Striving Readers and Reading Next.
Note: Sessions 3, 4, 5, and 6 may be taken separately. Sessions 1 and 2 must be taken together.
Participant Outcomes:
- Understand the research on the particular essential components of reading instruction.
- Gain clear and explicit models of instructional routines.
- Link research to practice.
- Learn about the skills needed to intervene with struggling adolescent learners.
Levels: 6–12. Audience: Limited to 45 participants, adminstrators, and teachers. Format: Five sessions with an optional sixth session.
Materials:
If all 5 or 6 sessions are taken, participants receive Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, 2nd Edition;Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition, a practical guide to scientifically based reading instruction; and a Participant Resource Guide for all topics.
If participants take only sessions 1 and 2, they will receive Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, 2nd Edition;Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition, a practical guide to scientifically based reading instruction; and a Participant Resource Guide for sessions 1 and 2.
If participants take only session 3, they will receive Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, 2nd Edition;Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition, a practical guide to scientifically based reading instruction; and a Participant Resource Guide for the session.
If participants take session 4 and session 5, they will receive Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, 2nd Edition; Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition, a practical guide to scientifically based reading instruction; and a Participant Resource Guide for the topics selected.
If participants take only session 5 or session 6, they will receive Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, 2nd Edition;Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition, a practical guide to scientifically based reading instruction; and a Participant Resource Guide for the topic selected.
Note: For individual decoding (phonics), fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension sessions, particularly for content-area teachers, please see the Adolescent Literacy Solutions Workshop description.
| Session | Topics | Description |
|---|---|---|
1 Overview and Linguistics |
Research overview and linguistic basics | This session provides an overview of the scientific research on teaching reading, including basic linguistics: phonemes, morphemes, and phonic elements. This session may not be taken separately. It must be combined with session 2. |
2 Decoding Instruction for Adolescents |
Intensive intervention | This session focuses on the decoding skills needed to support struggling adolescent readers. Topics include phonemic awareness, phonics, irregular high-frequency words, and multisyllabic word attack. This session may not be taken separately. It must be combined with session 1. |
3 Fluency |
Strategic support: fluency | This session focuses on the development of fluency. Participants learn techniques to assess fluency and practical strategies to help students improve accuracy, speed, and prosody. Included are ways to increase time on text and resources for adolescent fluency development. This session may be taken as an individual day. |
4 Vocabulary |
Vocabulary development | This session focuses on vocabulary development. Participants study word-learning strategies and specific word instruction, and experience active ways to promote "word consciousness." The needs of English-language learners are addressed. This session is also appropriate for content-area educators. This session may be taken as an individual day. |
5 Comprehension |
Comprehension strategies, narrative and informational text | This session focuses on the different ways to assist students to access both narrative and informational texts. Specific reading skills and strategies—including questioning, graphic organizers, and monitoring techniques—are presented using explicit instruction, with hands-on lesson models and practice. Participants focus also on text structure and the application of selected strategies to different types of texts. This session is designed for content-area educators. This session may be taken as an individual day. |
Separate session 6 Reading Assessment for Effective Instruction |
Assessment and intervention | This session guides participants through Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures and also lays out the basic principles and purposes of different types of assessments and what a comprehensive assessment blueprint looks like. This session may be taken as an individual day. |
Workshops
Once foundational knowledge is established, CORE provides teachers and those who support them with the ongoing professional development and on-site support they need to master instructional practices and materials. We support effective implementation designs that create and sustain a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Reading Instruction:
- Adolescent Literacy Solutions Workshop
- Comprehension Workshop, 6–12
- Decoding Instruction for Adolescents
- Fluency Workshop, 6–12
- Reading Assessment for Effective Instruction
- Selecting Research-Based Materials Workshop
- Vocabulary Development Workshop, 6–12
Writing Instruction: