International Center for Leadership in Education - Literacy for Grades 7

Literacy • Grades 7–12 Series

NEW ! - Designing Literacy Initiatives for Whole School Improvement in Grades 7-12

This innovative resource kit, based on the latest research on school excellence, offers a step-by-step approach to designing and operating a schoolwide literacy initiative using highly successful model examples.

The kit helps schools:

engage their leadership team to script training for all teachers
use their own teacher expertise and literacy coaches to build capacity
apply activities, strategies, and rubrics in every classroom and monitor classroom implementation
achieve higher student achievement, graduation rates, and staff morale

This kit includes a CD and 2 DVDs and is available in the online store for $295.

Strategic Writing Across the Curriculum in Grades 7-12

Writing, like reading, is an enabling skill that directly impacts academic proficiency — beyond English language arts, across academic subjects, and even beyond the classroom. This resource kit focuses on helping schools to implement schoolwide programs, standards, and professional development in writing to improve students’ fluency and organization. Developing skills in writing for different purposes and audiences covers:

writing to learn in the content areas
designing rigorous and relevant writing assignments
technical and professional writing, and writing for presentations
using technology in writing

This kit includes a CD and DVD and is available in the online store for $295.

Strategic Reading in the Content Areas — Boosting Achievement in Grades 7-12

Content-area teachers will find that this dynamic kit can increase student learning in their subject and reading comprehension skills simultaneously. The 21 reading-to-learn strategies and professional development activities will:

engage students’ interest in content, including providing tips for reading specific text
help maintain students’ focus
improve students’ understanding and ability to apply what they read

This kit includes a CD and is available in the online store for $295.

Leading with Reading in Grades 7-12

Secondary students who struggle to read are also often ill equipped to succeed on tests. Poor reading skills in turn profoundly impact academic proficiency, college preparedness, and employability. Leading with Reading helps school leaders to:

understand the importance of reading instruction in grades 7-12
design a successful strategic reading program, and use professional development activities
explain how to use the Lexile Framework to match students to reading materials
use research on the appropriate reading levels required for work and adult life

This kit includes a DVD and is available in the online store for $295.

Reading Strategies for Career Academies and Career-Technical Education

This adaptation of Strategic Reading in the Content Areas is intended for teachers in career academies and CTE programs. The reading-to-learn strategies and the tips for reading different types of materials are tailored to the content of career areas and technical education. This specialized kit helps teachers learn how to use reading comprehension strategies and techniques to:

increase students’ comprehension in career academies and CTE programs
enhance their ability to retain what they have read
improve their academic achievement in general

This kit includes a CD and is available in the online store for $295.

Redefining Literacy in Grades 7-12 —
Strategies for Document, Technological, and Quantitative Literacy

This resource kit gives schools both an understanding of the types of literacy that are necessary for success in the global economy and the methods and tools to better meet the needs of this generation of learners. It provides:

a summary of the latest research to enhance our perspective on technology as it relates to literacy
an explanation of the literacy skills that are required in the digital marketplace
a competitive look at the need to teach students skills for document, technological, and quantitative literacy (DTQ)
key strategies for teachers of all subjects to use in their classrooms immediately, including examples of electronic and multimedia document formats

This kit includes a CD and DVD and is available in the online store for $295.