MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Early Literacy Grant:
Using Data about Early Readers for Improved Teaching and Learning
March 20, 2017
8:30 to 3:00
Devens Common Center ● 31 Andrews Parkway, Devens MA 01434 ● (978)-772-0188
REGISTRATION LINK:
Registrations will be processed on a first come, first serve basis. Once we reach our maximum capacity, participants who would like
to attend, but are unable to register, should email Lauren McBride at [email protected] to be placed on a waitlist. The subject
line must read “Waitlist, Literacy Institute”. Participants will be notified if a space becomes available.
CANCELATIONS: If you are unable to attend, please contact Lauren McBride at [email protected] to cancel your
registration.
Cost:
Please bring:
Free!
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Laptop or other device
Current writing and/or reading curriculum to reference during
afternoon planning time
AUDIENCE: Administrators, kindergarten, first and second grade teachers, coaches, literacy specialists, etc.
DESCRIPTION: Effective practice starts with effective assessment. To monitor young children’s literacy
development, educators need an assessment approach that provides timely and crucial information, paired
with the structures and processes for putting that information to use toward more responsive instruction. This
workshop provides the steps for designing a comprehensive and efficient assessment system that
integrates accountability requirements with developmentally appropriate practices for improved instruction.
OBJECTIVE: Develop a deeper understanding of assessment as a tool to inform literacy instruction.
PRESENTER: Nonie Lesaux
Nonie K. Lesaux, PhD, is Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at
Harvard University. Her research focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of today’s children
from diverse linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds, and is conducted largely in urban and semiurban cities and school districts. Lesaux's research appears in numerous scholarly publications, and its
practical applications are featured in various formats, including recent books: Making Assessment
Matter: Using Test Results to Differentiate Reading Instruction (2012), Cultivating Knowledge, Building
Language: Literacy Instruction for English Learners in Elementary School (Heinemann, 2015) and Teaching
Advanced Literacy Skills: A Guide for Leaders in Linguistically Diverse Schools (Guilford Press, 2016).
AGENDA
8:30 – 9:00: Registration
9:00 – 9:15: Introductions, purpose of the institutes and logistics
9:15 – 12:30: Using Data about Early Readers for Improved Teaching and Learning
12:30 – 1:15: Lunch
1:15 – 3:00: Afternoon Breakouts and Synthesizing
3:00 – 3:30: Closing
LUNCH: A 45 minute lunch break will be provided. Due to ESE policy, lunch is not provided. Due to hotel
policy, outside food cannot be brought into the conferences. You will have an opportunity to order from the
hotel in the morning ($7-$10), food will be delivered to the conference room for lunch break or you are
welcome to order from one of the local establishments.
For any questions, please contact:
Lauren McBride
Regional Literacy Specialist
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE)
Center for Instructional Support (IS)
E-mail: [email protected]