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Establishing a learning community

"The most promising strategy for sustained, substantive school improvement is building the capacity of school personnel to function as a professional learning community."

The research is clear: high-level, on-site, and ongoing professional development is the surest route to school improvement in literacy, and Regie Routman in Residence delivers it to your school. Teachers will:

• develop common beliefs about teaching and learning
• hold high standards for every child
• make curriculum and assessment meaningful
• give children the tools to become independent learners
• employ an Optimal Learning Model—the gradual release of responsibility
• collaborate with colleagues—develop a rich and effective PLC.

Focusing on your local needs
Each of the three DVD programs are comprehensive enough to build a PLC, flexible enough to supplement your PD in place. They will enhance any curriculum in place. With this comprehensive set of resources you can address instructional issues as diverse as:

• Planning instruction for gradual release of responsibility-an Optimal Learning Model
• sing formative assessment to guide teaching
• Developing a comprehensive reading and writing program
• Conferring with students
• Teaching for nonfiction reading and writing
• Reaching at-risk students, engaging all students, and having high expectations for all learners
• Organizing the classroom for effective and efficient teaching
• Developing a coherent, schoolwide vision for literacy instruction
• Building a culture for professional learning

Start with one set or purchase all three programs in the Regie Routman in Residence series.

Components
In each program you'll find:

• DVDs, the anchor of the program, where responsive teaching and collaborative teacher-learning come to life in footage of Regie working with students and educators
• Complete sessions materials for facilitators and teachers
• Users manual, session guides, and web-based support to help any leadership team plan and implement Regie Routman in Residence to meet local needs
• Sturdy Professional Development Notebooks that participants use during sessions and keep as a lasting reference for independent learning
• All the theory and Regie's signature, smart practice in her foundational text, Teaching Essentials.

All of this cost less than $100 per teacher. That's a great value for a lasting resource that brings real results in enhanced teaching and learning to your program.