Dr. Sarah Lupo, Presenter

Target audience will be Grades 4-12 teams that include:

• Leadership Teams (District or Building)

• EST teams / Data Teams

• Intervention Teams/Coaching

• Teaching Teams with Special Educator staff, Content Specialists, Literacy Specialists

Dr. Sarah Lupo has been working with Vermont literacy and classroom teachers and interventionists on strategies for assessing students and interventions that are specifically designed for these grade levels. Many participants realized that their systems of intervention support would benefit from her expertise as schools redesign them for improved literacy outcomes for their upper grade students.

In this session, participants will extend their learning about adolescent literacy intervention in order to learn how to:

• use assessment data to create learner profiles to identify the focus of literacy intervention for secondary students

• determine the big picture of literacy intervention needs for the school

• build a school-wide system for literacy intervention, including supplemental intervention and disciplinary supports that aligns with research and are appropriate for adolescent learners

• assess the efficacy of intervention, including what type of data to collect for literacy intervention

• determine exit and entrance criteria using this data

*Each team will have their own 30-minute virtual session with Dr. Lupo in late May or early June to review their specific plans around intervention systems and school-wide supports.

Dates:

May 9, 2023 – in person 9 am – 3:30 pm

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Team Follow Up Consultation:

30 min. virtual team consult in late May or early June

Location:

Hampton Inn, Colchester VT and Zoom for team consultation

Cost:

Member: $450.00

Non-member: $550.00

*Includes in-person breakfast and lunch

Dr. Sarah Lupo is an Assistant Professor at James Madison Univ. who has extensive teaching experience as an ESL teacher, English teacher, reading specialist, and literacy coach in grades K-12 in Washington D.C., Istanbul, Turkey, Phoenix, AZ, and Charlottesville, VA. She has worked with many districts to support literacy instruction across Virginia and nationwide. Dr. Lupo has published dozens of articles and chapters in publications such as Reading Research Quarterly, Reading Teacher, Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, and Literacy Today and recently co-authored a book on integrating content and literacy instruction. Her work strives to put theory into practice to position all learners as capable and bringing cultural and linguistic assets to the reading experience.

Developing a System for School-wide Adolescent Literacy Intervention and Supports