Session Spotlight - 4D

Building the LETRS Bridge -

Transferring Learning to Practice

Presented by: Stacie Wood - Lexia

By the end of the session, participants will:

1- Understand LETRS three-pronged approach to professional learning and

the importance of the Bridge to Practice activities for educators.

2 - Consider best practices for Bridge to Practice guidelines for your district.

3 - Collaborate with others to share ideas about Bridge to Practice activities.

Target Audience:

PreK-2nd grade teachers

3rd-5th grade teachers

Interventionists

District and School Administrators

MTSS Coordinators

Session Spotlight - 4B

 

Once Upon an MTSS

Presented by: Tracey S. Ratchford - Richland 2

Take a walk through a school's journey of implementing MTSS. Let's discuss how their process has evolved and the continued work to refine the recursive tier movement to meet the needs of students.

Target Audience:

Interventionists

District and School Administrators

Summer Reading Camp Leaders

MTSS Coordinators

Session Spotlight - 5D

 

Leaders Supporting LETRS

Presented by: Brady Kocher - Lexia

LETRS is a unique professional learning course and the knowledge teachers gain from LETRS can make a difference for students. However, like any evidence-based initiative, it is only as effective as its implementation. Involvement and support of leadership is critical in ensuring that LETRS creates long-term change in instructional practices and impacts students. This session will focus solely on the building level administrator’s role in successful implementation and long term sustainability of LETRS professional development.

Target Audience:

District and School Administrators

Session Spotlight - 2C

  

K-2nd Grade Reading Instruction & Intervention

Presented by: Jennipher Frazier - Richland 1

In the session, presentation attendees will engage in understanding the foundations of reading instruction and how to build the foundations of reading in kindergarten-second grade classrooms. Attendees will also engage in ways to provide intervention and enrichment for students in grades K-2nd.

Target Audience:

PreK-2nd grade teachers

District and School Administrators

Session Spotlight - 2D

 

Weaving LETRS through Open Court

Presented by: Jennifer Chilton and Lynn Mohler - School District of Newberry County

"Informed teachers are our best insurance against reading failure. While programs are very helpful tools, programs don't teach; teachers do." ~Louisa C. Moats, LETRS Creator. Join kindergarten teacher Jennifer Chilton and Literacy Coach Lynn Mohler as they take you through the LETRS program and how this framework applies to the Open Court Curriculum.

Target Audience:

PreK-2nd grade teachers

3rd-5th grade teachers

Session Spotlight - 3B

 

You Know the “What” to Teach:

Let’s Talk About the “How”

Instructional Practices for Students with

Disabilities in General Education Classrooms

Presented by: Deanna Parish, Susan Thomas, and

Jenny Saunders - Academic Alliance of South Carolina

Utilizing the science of reading and other reading research has informed educators of the “what” to teach to improve reading outcomes for all students. The research has supported several high-leverage evidence-based instructional practices to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. School teams should select and implement instructional practices that can guide teachers in the “how” to deliver instruction to maximize student engagement and learning of students with disabilities and other students who struggle to learn in general education classrooms. This presentation will focus on a few practices that all teachers can utilize with ease along with recommendations on how to incorporate these practices into the multiple tiers of Instruction/intervention component of the MTSS framework. The presenters will share electronic resources and future professional learning opportunities with participants.

Target Audience:

District and School Administrators

MTSS Coordinators

Session Spotlight - 1D

 

OELL Updates

Presented by: Abbey Duggins and Marie Gibbons - SCDE

OELL staff will provide updates on Read to Succeed, LETRS, CERDEP, and MTSS.

Target Audience:

District and School Administrators

Summer Reading Camp Leaders

MTSS Coordinators