Professional Learning
The Arizona Department of Education’s English Language Art’s Team has created the Arizona Reading Fundamentals OnDemand Academy. This academy offers schools a variety of free knowledge blocks on demand. Each knowledge block includes several different sessions. Each session includes three recorded presentations and pre- and post- activities.
Districts and schools are encouraged to utilize these resources as a part of a comprehensive professional learning plan that is data-driven, sustained, intensive, collaborative, job-embedded and instructionally focused.
Before you register, watch this INTRODUCTION VIDEO.
As a staff, personalize your own professional learning, block by block. Each participant will need to register for each session separately. Once registered, a link to our Blackboard LMS will be available in your Event Management System registered courses.
KNOWLEDGE BLOCKS
Before you register, watch this INTRODUCTION VIDEO. Knowledge blocks are available for registration and participation each semester (January-June and July-December). If you are unable to complete your selected knowledge block with at least an 85%, you will need to wait until the next semester to re-register. Plan accordingly.
| Systemic Reading Fundamentals | |
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The Science of Teaching and Reading (5 hours) |
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Evidence-based Decision Making (5 hours) |
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Multi-Tiered System of Supports |
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**Additional learning blocks are available for special populations. Visit these pages for more information and professional learning opportunities. |
Early Childhood - ECE Professional Learning Opportunities Unique Populations – Professional Learning for Educators of ELs Exceptional Student Services – Professional Learning & Sustainability |
At ADE, we are committed to empowering and elevating educators
as they build their professional knowledge,
block by block.
Fall 2021
Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties
by Carolyn Denton, Ph.D., Sharon Vaughn, Ph.D., Jade Wexler, Ph.D., Deanna Bryan, and Deborah Reed, Ph.D.
This book arms language arts teachers with the lessons, strategies, and foundational knowledge they need to resolve older students' reading difficulties and increase their chances for academic success. Ideal for use with struggling readers in Grades 6-8 (though these strategies would benefit older students with reading difficulties as well), this book clearly lays out the fundamentals of effective teaching for adolescents with reading difficulties.
To order: https://bit.ly/2WhakKL (20% Discount Code from Brookes Publishing: ADE2021)
Book Study Details:
- Virtual book chats will take place over 9 Thursdays starting 9/2 through 11/18 (no book study on 9/9, 10/7, and 11/11).
- 4:30-5:30 MST
- All participants must register in the ADE EMS system to receive credit - each session is offered individually.
- All participants who register in EMS, read their chapter(s), and attend the book study will be given 2-hours PD credit. (For a total of 18 hours of PD!)
- More details, ordering information, etc. can be found on this flyer. Please share with your colleagues!
Overcoming Dyslexia
by Sally Shaywitz, M.D. and Jonathan Shaywitz, M.D.
One in five American children has trouble reading. But they are not stupid or lazy. In Overcoming Dyslexia, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, codirector of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention and a leader in the new research into how the brain works, offers the latest information about reading problems and proven, practical techniques that, along with hard work and the right help, can enable anyone to overcome them. This book gives the tools that parents and teachers need to help the dyslexic child, age by age, grade by grade, step by step.
To order: https://bit.ly/2VSo6DS
Book Study Details:
- Virtual book chats will take place over 9 consecutive Wednesdays starting 9/15 through 11/10.
- 4:30-5:30 MST
- All participants must register in the ADE EMS system to receive credit - each session is offered individually.
- All participants who register in EMS, read their chapters, and attend the book study will be given 2-hours PD credit. (For a total of 18 hours of PD!)
- More details, ordering information, etc. can be found on this flyer. Please share with your colleagues!
For questions regarding registration, certificates, accessing courses, etc. please refer to our:
**The views and opinions expressed in any third-party resource do not necessarily reflect those of the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and do not imply an endorsement by ADE.
