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Discussions about any of Fountas & Pinnell's works, including LLI, BAS, the Continuum, When Readers Struggle, Literacy Beginnings, leveled books, training events, professional development for educators, and more
3/18/2010 10:58:52 AM
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In order to use the new Leveled Literacy Intervention, do you have to have formalized training?
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3/18/2010 10:59:46 AM
Irene and Gay
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Dear Cheri,
Of course, professional development is essential to support teachers in all of their work with readers, especially those who are having difficulty. We thought very hard about his issue when we constructed the LLI systems. There are a variety of options available from Heinemann’s Professional Development group.. Nevertheless, we also know that many teachers cannot be released for formal professional development; and, today many districts do not have resources for travel and even modest fees. We wanted LLI to reach as many children as possible. Therefore, no additional formal training is required. You will find that professional development is built right into each of the systems and each is different in terms of the content. In the Orange, Green, and Blue systems, you will find the following items: a Program Guide with detailed information about how to implement LLI; Lesson Guides, which provides text analyses and suggestions for preparing and for assessing learners; The Prompting Guide, which is a flip chart that gives you specific and precise language to use while working with readers and writers; a professional book called When Readers Struggle; Teaching That Works that has extensive examples and theoretical rationales for the approaches in LLI; Finally, a Professional Development DVD that contains an extensive tutorial for taking and analyzing reading records as well as 3 to 4 sample LLI lessons from, the system that you are using. All of the above material can be used by an individual for self-study, by a study group, or by a district staff-developer. And you can always post questions on this forum!
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Gay and Irene
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3/18/2010 11:00:32 AM
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If a school can send only a few teachers (classroom/resource) to your training, can those teachers then do turnaround training back at the school to implement the LLI system at the school or should all the teachers have some of PD from you? My concern is that in the turnaround there may be some misinformation shared.
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3/18/2010 11:01:52 AM
Irene and Gay
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Dear Beth,
It is wonderful if you have the resources to send at least one team to one of our institutes. Alternatively, you can bring a Heinemann Professional Development consultant to your district. If some teachers do get training at our institute, they can train other teachers. Our institute does not focus on how to train other teachers but they can observe how we work with the group and conduct the same kind of learning experiences. If there are any follow-up questions, they can certainly add to this forum!
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Irene and Gay
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3/18/2010 11:03:25 AM
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I am a trained RR teacher but have been working as a reading specialist for several years in CO. Would you recommend that I do the training program for LLI to get best results? Could I easily get the gist of the program and easily implement it with support from a colleague (RR trained) who will be attending the training? Also, what do you have within the program to support ELL learners? My school is over 90% Hispanic and we are working hard to close the achievement gap in the Eagle County School District in CO.
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3/18/2010 11:03:43 AM
Irene and Gay
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Dear Nancy,
The materials are designed to include a great deal of professional learning. We do believe however that the more professional development you have with the system the better so we would highly recommend it. We will be in Westminster, Colorado for an LLI institute on October 28–30, 2009. Perhaps you could attend.
You will find specific ELL suggestions in every lesson in the LLI Lesson Guides as well as material in the professional book When Readers Struggle: Teaching That Works. Hope we get to meet you!
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Irene and Gay
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3/18/2010 11:04:25 AM
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Do you recommend training only certified teachers? What about training parapros?
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3/18/2010 11:04:45 AM
Irene and Gay
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Dear Jean,
We believe the children with the most difficulty need the most expert teachers. However, some districts have trained paraprofessionals to use LL and are seeing progress with their students. We suggest that you collect data and evaluate your results.
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