Dr. Sarah Lupo, Presenter

Dr. Lupo has been working with many teams this year to help us understand the best evidence-based supports in adolescent literacy instruction - including interventions. CVEDC is continuing our partnership with Dr. Lupo for FY24, by bringing her to Vermont for in-person events that are designed for MTSS and leadership teams, EST teams as well as interventionists and literacy educators that will focus on using proven successful teaching strategies to set-up adolescent students for success.

The Interventionist Cohort will provide monthly asynchronous modules and then follow-up virtual live sessions each month with Dr. Lupo. This comprehensive approach is exactly what our interventionists have asked for.

There are two options for taking part:

On-Site Institutes Only

2-Day Kickoff: September 28 & 29, 2023

Day 1:

Sept. 28, 2023 Supporting Students’ Disciplinary Literacy Skills: This session will develop participants' understanding of comprehension and vocabulary development, teach them how to administer formative comprehension assessments and develop quad text sets. It will include a brief session on analyzing texts and introduce participants to scaffolding comprehension.

Note: This is a focus on tier 1, but also all things that need to occur in an intervention setting.

Kickoff

Day 2:

Sept. 29, 2023 Supporting Students in Supplemental Intervention: This session will begin with defining intervention then teach participants how to assess foundational skills and analyze data to form intervention pathways. It will include how to create exit and entrance criteria (with equity checks) and an introduction to teaching foundational skills, including how to break apart words and introduce teaching morphology.

Note: This is a focus only on intervention (not tier 1)

Closing Session: May 15, 2024

May 15, 2024 Putting it All Together: A Comprehensive Look at Multifaceted Interventions This session will help interventionists and teams review their intervention structures and plans to ensure that all components of literacy were adequately addressed and will include some action planning for rethinking next year’s intervention.

Audience: Teams, Interventionists, all educators involved in Adolescent Literacy

Yearlong Interventionist Cohort including Institute dates

Kickoff Day 1: Sept. 28, 2023

On-Site

Supporting Students’ Disciplinary Literacy Skills: This session will develop participants' understanding of comprehension and vocabulary development, teach them how to administer formative comprehension assessments and develop quad text sets. It will include a brief session on analyzing texts and introduce participants to scaffolding comprehension.

Note: This is a focus on tier 1, but also all things that need to occur in an intervention setting.

Kickoff Day 2: Sept. 29, 2023

On-Site

Supporting Students in Supplemental Intervention: This session will begin with defining intervention then teach participants how to assess foundational skills and analyze data to form intervention pathways. It will include how to create exit and entrance criteria (with equity checks) and an introduction to teaching foundational skills, including how to break apart words and introduce teaching morphology.

Note: This is a focus only on intervention (not tier 1).

Note: Each monthly session below includes an hour-long asynchronous module and a 45-minute live virtual follow-up with Dr. Lupo.

November 14, 2023 2:00 - 2:45

Virtual

Supporting Word Recognition with Morphology Instruction: This session will focus on teaching word recognition alongside morphology instruction, including how to embed age-appropriate phonics knowledge into this instruction. Quick review of entrance & exit criteria focused on foundational skills.

December 12, 2023 2:00 - 2:45

Virtual

Supporting Vocabulary Development: Deep dive into vocabulary and language supports to help readers access challenging texts that contain many unfamiliar words or language. Quick review of formative

assessment of comprehension.

January 9, 2024 2:00 - 2:45

Virtual

Progress Monitoring for Intervention: This session will look at assessment data to determine needs and measure progress (foundational skills and comprehension), review exit/entrance criteria.

February 13, 2024 2:00 - 2:45

Virtual

Supporting Fluency Development: This session will provide in depth ideas and practice around supporting adolescents fluency. Quick review of entrance and exit criteria and progress monitoring for fluency.

March 12 , 2024 2:00 - 2:45

Virtual

Supporting Comprehension: This session will review and extend teachers’ knowledge of comprehension supports and provide specific ideas for scaffolds, including writing to learn techniques, that address complex text structure, complex ideas, and high background knowledge demands. Quick review of progress monitoring for comprehension using formative measures.

April 9 , 2024 2:00 - 2:45

Virtual

Discussion: This session will focus on the importance of text-based discussion and support teachers in teaching students how to have strong disciplinary discussions, as well as provide them a tool-box of discussion-based strategies. Quick review of progress monitoring for comprehension using formative measures.

Closing Session: May 15, 2024

On-Site

Putting it All Together: A Comprehensive Look at Multifaceted Interventions This full day session will help interventionists and teams review their intervention structures and plans to ensure that all components of literacy were adequately addressed and will include some action planning for rethinking next year’s intervention.

Audience: Teams, Interventionists, all educators involved in Adolescent Literacy

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.

Adolescent Literacy Supports Beyond Core Instruction - An Evidence-Based Approach