PA Structured Literacy Implementations: A Coffee & Conversation Series
Join PASCD and Collaborative Classroom for this four-part Pennsylvania Literacy Leader Coffee & Conversation Series in which experts from across the state will share their plans, strategies, successes, and challenges related to implementation of the Chapter 49 requirements, according to their roles in schools, districts, IUs, and various organizations. There will be time during each session to connect and collaborate with these experts in order to ask questions and discuss your wonderings. At each session in the series, guest speakers from various PA schools will share their experiences, glows, and grows related to their implementation of a structured literacy approach.
Intended Audience: Pre-K through 12th grade school and district leaders, Reading Specialists, and Curriculum Directors
Details
Dates:
September 18, 2024
November 20, 2024
January 15, 2025
March 19, 2025
Time: Varies by session; all times listed below are EST
Recording: These sessions will be recorded. Recordings will be available on the PASCD Member Portal following each session.
Certificates: Attendance certificates will not be provided for this event.
Session Schedule
Session 1: Call to Action for Leaders, September 18, 2024, 11 AM–12 PM
Linda Diamond, Co-Author of the Teaching Reading Sourcebook, Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, and Vocabulary Handbook
Session 2: Multilingual Learners, November 20, 2024, 9–10 AM
Matt Smith, Principal of Guth Elementary School in Pennridge School District
Session 3: ELA Core Instruction Pilot Reflections, January 15, 2025, 9–10 AM
Chris Young, Principal of North Salem Elementary School in Dover Area School District and Dr. Brian Cromer, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in South Western School District
Session 4: Aligning Tiers of Instruction, March 19, 2025, 9–10 AM
Sarah Raber, K-12 RELA Supervisor and Dana Lupinacci, K-12 Instructional Coach
Facilitator
Mandy Ubele, Manager of Educational Partnerships
