ADE K-12 ELA Updates
Upcoming PD and more! March 2024
~UPCOMING EVENTS~
K-12 Literacy Office Hours
Thursday, April 11th, 11am-12pm
- This is an online event hosted by the ADE ELA team.
- Register for K-12 Literacy Office Hours in APLD
- Access our 2023-2024 Office Hours Padlet to keep up-to-date or see topics you've missed at a previous Office Hours.
~ELA PROFESSIONAL LEARNING~
Arizona Reading Fundamentals OnDemand Academy - now available!
- Evidence-based Decision Making
- Elementary MTSS
- Secondary MTSS
- Understanding and Recognizing Dyslexia
- more to come!
Don't forget that each knowledge block recommends a companion text. Please browse our Professional Development webpage for all details prior to registering. We have made a few updates to the page, so check it out!
Arizona's Reading Fundamentals K-5 Literacy Endorsement - free course available now!
The Arizona Department of Education’s English Language Arts division is offering a new asynchronous course that once completed meets the required coursework for the K-5 Literacy Endorsement. This free course will assist K-5 educators, including reading interventionists, literacy coaches, and special education teachers in furthering their ability to apply the Science of Reading in their instructional design and implementation.
We are excited to share this is now available! Please visit the Literacy Professional Learning page to find registration information and links!
Professional Learning Book Studies
All ELA Professional Learning:
To locate all ELA professional learning, visit the Academic Standards APLD section, use the Search for Courses in the upper right hand corner, and type the search term "K12-AS-ELA."
~FROM THE MOWR DESK~
Literacy Plans were due Oct. 1st, Data Portal Closing for MOY February 1
MOWR data submission was due end of the business day on Feb. 1, 2024. The data portal will close April 3, so make sure you get your data entered if you have not!
The EOY data portal will open April 3rd.
For more information and guidance on curriculum, assessment, and other MOWR elements, please visit our website at Administrators | Arizona Department of Education (azed.gov).
MOWR Office Hours
Join Maggie Velazquez for MOWR Office Hours Tuesday, April 9th, 1:00-2:00 pm! This is an open time to ask questions, get support or hear of any new information. These will be hosted monthly on the second Tuesday of the month. There will not be an PD credit granted for these and registration is not required.
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 281 557 486 454
Passcode: gxH2sm
Download Teams | Join on the web
Or call in (audio only)
+1 480-420-4055,,499373574# United States, Phoenix
Phone Conference ID: 499 373 574#
~MOWR CORE PROGRAM REVIEW~
Vetted List Update
The Arizona Department of Education’s Move On When Reading committee is continuously reviewing literacy core, intervention and support programs used with Arizona’s K-3 students. We are committed to vetting reading curricula used in Arizona to ensure that the list provided to LEAs on our website complies with all MOWR updates. Currently, the core program list will undergo review in January 2024 to make certain that all programs have efficacy studies that meet ESSA Tiers of Evidence 1, 2, or 3. As curricula is vetted, the program will change from grey to green on our website.
~IN THE WORLD OF DYSLEXIA~
Dyslexia Training Designee PLC's
Calling all school-level Dyslexia Training Designees. The ADE ELA team presents Quarterly PLC Meetings for the Dyslexia Training Designee. Please join our quarterly Dyslexia Training Designee PLC, hosted by Maggie Velazquez, Dyslexia and Literacy Intervention Specialist for ADE. This is your opportunity to meet with other DTDs in Arizona to collaborate, share, and discuss roles and responsibilities of being your school's DTD. We will build this DTD Professional Learning Community to help support one another in this amazing role; "Dyslexia Training Designee". Please note you do not have to have your DTD trainings completed to attend. Participants must register for each quarterly event in EMS to receive professional development credit. Each participant will receive 1 hour of PD credit.
April 9, 2024 4:00-5:00 P.M. Click here to register
~ SECONDARY CORNER~
Secondary ELA Upcoming PD
Come join all the current and upcoming Secondary ELA Professional Learning opportunities, including live webinars and asynchronous courses! Register for all secondary ELA opportunities here! (use search term "secondary ela")
Virtual PD: Arizona's 6-12th Grade Writing Standards: Model, Practice, Reflect, Assess
April 24, 2024 4:30-6:00 Register for this 6-12th grade writing webinar!
AETA Conference - Call for Proposals!
The Arizona English Teachers Association, your state affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English, invites you to submit a proposal for the 2024 AETA Conference: “We Know We Are Not Alone”: Building Sustenance Through Solidarity - Proposal Submission Deadline: Saturday June 15th, 2024 Call for Proposals
~SCIENCE OF READING NEWS~
The Reading Rope Strands
This month we are looking at Verbal Reasoning under the language comprehension strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope.
Verbal Reasoning is a reader’s ability to think about a text and infer meaning from what is explicitly and implicitly stated.
“With explicit instruction, students can learn to recognize inferences they make about their reading, check their thinking to be sure it makes sense, and adjust their inferences as they get new information.”
Click here for resources on how to teach verbal reasoning in the classroom.
**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.
~LITERACY COACHING CORNER~
End of Year Reflection Questions
Dewey (1938) argued that reflective practice promotes a consideration for why things are as they are and how we might direct our actions and behavior through careful planning. When we underpin this planning with experience and theory, we become much more impactful. To simplify the point, we do not learn from experience, but from reflecting on experience, and it is these lessons we take forward.
Consider one or more of the following, and journal or share with a colleague or colleagues.
- Identify three coaching activities you carried out this year that you believe have had the greatest impact or potential impact on student achievement.
- What were "blocks" that you encountered in carrying out your plans for the year? What strategies did you apply successfully? Less successfully?
- Identify areas where you personally grew this year in knowledge and skills. What areas would you like to develop in the coming year?
- What changes in teacher practice do you believe will be needed next year to extend student achievement at your school? What roles do you imagine playing to support these changes?
The ADE English Language Arts Team
Tianna Sanchez, Director of K-12 ELA and MOWR
Michele Rutin, P-3 Coach Coordinator
Karen Ten Napel, K-5 Literacy and Dyslexia Specialist
Katie Lewis, K-5 Literacy and Dyslexia Specialist
Lauren Spenceley, Secondary ELA Specialist
Maggie Velazquez, Dyslexia and Literacy Intervention Specialist