How to Improve Reading Achievement
with Tim Shanahan
These days, there is a great deal of attention being directed towards improving literacy ability. Is this attention justified and, if so, what actually makes a difference in improving students literacy (K-12)?
This presentation will provide research- and experience-based answers to those questions and to many more.
- Are we spending a sufficient amount of time on literacy instruction?
- Are we organizing this teaching in the most effective way?
- What should we be teaching to improve reading achievement?
- What are the most common time wasters that limit our positive effects on kids’ learning?
- And, what about quality? What does high quality reading support look like in any classroom (including secondary content classes)?
- Are we doing enough and the right things for struggling learners?
These questions and many more will be answered based on the most authoritative research syntheses and Dr. Shanahan’s personal experiences as the director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools, the nation’s third largest school district at a time when it was raising reading achievement.
About Tim
Timothy Shanahan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he was Founding Director of the UIC Center for Literacy. Previously, he was director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools. He is author/editor of more than 200 publications on literacy education. His research emphasizes the connections between reading and writing, literacy in the disciplines, and improvement of reading achievement.
Tim is past president of the International Literacy Association. He served as a member of the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Literacy under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and he helped lead the National Reading Panel, convened at the request of Congress to evaluate research on the teaching reading, a major influence on reading education. He chaired two other federal research review panels: the National Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth, and the National Early Literacy Panel, and helped write the Common Core State Standards.
He was inducted to the Reading Hall of Fame in 2007, and is a former first-grade teacher.
How to Improve Reading Achievement
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, 08:30 AM
1300 Industrial Drive, Fennimore, WI, USA
Meredith Biba, Elementary Literacy Specialist
Email: mbiba@cesa3.org
Website: www.cesa3.org
Location: 1300 Industrial Drive, Fennimore, WI, USA
Phone: 608-822-2160