Reading@Curry News
May 2018
Connecting Teachers and Other Literacy Leaders to Reading Education at UVA through Off-Grounds Professional Development and Courses.
Newsletter Contents
- Upcoming Dates of Note
- Exploring What We Know About Summer Reading
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Summer 2018 Offerings
- Books We Love
Upcoming Dates of Note
- June 11-29, Dyslexia Course (1 credit, Online)
- June 25-28, Literacy Academy (Noncredit) in Charlottesville
- June 11-29, Dyslexia Course Session 1 (1 credit, Online)
- July 9-27, Dyslexia Course Session 2 (1 credit, Online)
- August 6, Fall Registration Opens for New Students
- August 6-9, Literacy Academy (Noncredit) in Richmond
- June 18-August 3, Book Buddies: A Tutorial Model for Reading Intervention (Noncredit, Online)
- October 4, PALS/Reading Conference (Charlottesville)
- October 22-November 30, Dyslexia Course Fall Session (1 credit, Online)
Exploring What We Know About Summer Reading
As summer approaches, educators are gearing up to implement a plethora of approaches to engage children in summer reading. But does summer reading really work? Can simply giving books to children actually help close the achievement gap? In the open-access article Summers: Some Are Reading, Some Are Not! It Matters (2016), the authors discuss what we know and what we are still learning about summer reading.
Professional Development Opportunities
Book Buddies: A Tutorial Model for Reading Intervention (Non-Credit, Web-Based 6 week-Course)
In this 30- hour, six-week professional development training, participants will learn how to set up and run a successful tutoring program for struggling readers in the primary grades. We will use the Book Buddies tutoring framework: a community-based, one-on-one tutoring/intervention model. Developed through reading research at UVA’s McGuffey Reading Center and piloted in Charlottesville, VA schools, Book Buddies has been adapted and expanded to other districts and schools across the nation. Participants will compare Book Buddies with the reading intervention offered in their own school, and learn how to adapt the Book Buddies framework to their own students.
Participants will complete six online modules with instructor feedback and support. A typical module requires @3-4 hours/week of reading, trying out an activity/ies with a student, and discussing with the online community. Successful completion of all six modules is required in order to receive 30 hours of continuing education on your UVA transcript.
Training Dates: June 18-August 3 (7 weeks - includes 1 extra week to accommodate participants' various spring break schedules)
Cost: $650
Noncredit: 30 hours for successful completion on your UVA transcript
To register for a course, click here.
Questions? Contact Susan Thacker-Gwaltney at susantg@virginia.edu
Summer Literacy Academies
Training Dates: June 25-28 in Charlottesville (UVA, Ruffner Hall) OR August 6-9 in Richmond (UVA Richmond Center)
Cost: $620
Noncredit: 30 hours for successful completion on your UVA transcript
To register for a course, click here.
Questions? Contact Susan Thacker-Gwaltney at susantg@virginia.edu
EDIS 5235: Dyslexia and the Classroom (One-Credit, Web-Based Course)
This one-hour course is designed to acquaint classroom teachers with the current research on reading development and dyslexia, the occurrence of dyslexia in classrooms, and the teaching needed to support reading development in all readers including those who may exhibit the symptoms of dyslexia/reading disability. Students in this course will examine the causes and consequences of reading disabilities as well as explore effective interventions. Participants will complete the VDOE Dyslexia Awareness module as part of the course and earn thirty points toward recertification.
Participants will complete five online modules with instructor feedback and support and should expect to spend approximately six hours per week to complete readings, exercises and activities, and online discussion forums. The summer courses will take place over three weeks and students will complete one-two modules each week.
One spring participant wrote: “Based on our readings, it seems that there is no program that works for everyone. I guess the trick is identifying a student's weaknesses, providing systematic instruction, and ensuring that the student is making progress. One thing I've thought more about since taking this class is whether or not I am stepping back far enough with some of my remediation students.”
Dates: October 22-November 30
Cost: $385
To register for a course, click here.
Summer 2018 Offerings
The following credit-bearing courses will be offered online this summer. All are three credits unless otherwise noted:
- EDIS 7700 Foundations of Reading Instruction
- EDIS 7710 Reading in the Content Areas
- EDIS 7720 Word Study
- EDIS 7310 Children's Literature
- EDIS 5410 Young Adult Literature
- EDIS 5435 Writing Across the Curriculum
- EDIS 5270 Reading and Writing with English Language Learners
- EDIS 5235 (one credit) Dyslexia
You may download our attached Summer 2018 For-Credit Courses flyer at the bottom of this page.
Books We Love
Here are some titles perfect for summer reading! What books do you love? Contact us if you'd like to make recommendations for a future newsletter!
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