About the Pathway
Educators everywhere face the challenge of teaching reading, writing, and comprehension skills to students with varying proficiency levels — all with limited time and resources. The ELA pathway gives educators essential literacy skills to help students access and engage with complex, grade-level texts. In the two-day Summit experience, participants learn the essentials of assessing complex texts and scaffolding instruction so all students can read, understand, and analyze what they read.
Give all students the key to unlock complex, grade-level texts.
What to Expect
In the two-day experience, participants:
- Explore how to apply the science of reading to literacy instruction.
- Discover strategies to make grade-level texts and tasks accessible for every student.
- Learn to analyze student needs and adapt lesson plans for inclusive learning experiences.
Who is the ELA pathway for?
K-12 ELA and humanities teachers and their coaches, leaders, and support staff
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What Participants Learn
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Day 1
- Understand the impact of literacy instruction on life outcomes.
- Challenge and change inequitable ELA practices in their context.
- Recognize GLEAM planning and practices for ELA instruction.
- Commit to a specific action step aligned with GLEAM mindsets and instructional practices.
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Day 2
- Identify GLEAM planning and practice for ELA Instruction.
- Conduct a text complexity analysis with a GLEAM instruction mindset.
- Use text complexity insights to pinpoint entry points and scaffolds for GLEAM Instruction.
- Commit to a specific action step that aligns with GLEAM Instruction to enhance teaching.
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