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Central School Improvement Grants (SIG) Conference

Sponsored by Center on Instruction
Published: 5/27/2011 2:50 PM
The Center on Instruction is a co-sponsor of the four regional School Improvement Grants (SIG) conferences held in April and May 2011. The fourth and final one, the Central SIG Conference, was held May 24-25 in Denver, CO and focused on Rural School Turnaround and Serving Native American Students.

Vicki LaRock (COI), Peggy Simon (Doing What Works), and Karen Toavs (ELA Teacher, Williston ND Middle School) presented Adolescent Literacy Instruction: Putting Research into Practice. The PowerPoint presentation and handouts used during the session, including tools from DWW, are available for download below.

Sheryl Turner (COI), Erick Punswick (Associate Superintendent, Leavenworth KS Public Schools), and Kim Malenoski (NCCC) presented Optimizing Teaching and Learning of Comprehension in the Elementary Setting. The PowerPoint presentation from their session is also available for download below.

COI-Math Director Russell Gersten, along with Angel Zickefoose (Math Coach, Billings MT School District), and Claire Gates (NWCC) presented Response to Intervention as a Tool in School Turnaround: The Situation in Mathematics. Their PowerPoint presentations are also available for download below. 

Files available for this event:

181.5 KB application/msword Adolescent Literacy Component Resources
5.09 MB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation Adolescent Literacy Instruction: Putting Research into Practice
104 KB application/msword DWW: Adol Lit Planning Template for Working with Districts
104 KB application/msword DWW: Adol Lit Planning Template for working with Schools
138.5 KB application/msword DWW: Conducting A Self-Assessment of Adolescent Literacy Intervention Opportunities
130.53 KB application/pdf DWW: Explicit Vocabulary Instruction for ELs
1.68 MB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document DWW: Learn See Do Resource Packet
283.05 KB application/pdf DWW: Low Performing Schools Visual Diagram
137 KB application/msword DWW: Planning for Engaging Text Discussions
116.04 KB application/pdf DWW: Transcript of Effective Strategies that Boost Reading Comprehension
43 KB application/msword DWW: Vocabulary & Comprehension Strategy School Assessment Chart
4.62 MB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation Optimizing Teaching & Learning of Comprehension in the Elementary Setting
3.01 MB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation RTI as a Tool in School Turnaround: The Situation in Mathematics

This event pertains to the following topics:

  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Foundational Reading (K-3)
  • Struggling Readers
  • Tools
  • Professional Development Events
  • Instruction
  • Adolescent Literacy
  • Instructional Practice
  • Instructional Tools
  • SIG
  • Reading Instruction and Interventions
  • Math Instruction and Intervention
  • Mathematics and RTI