An NMR Literacy Improvement Initiative The 7 High Reliability Literacy Teaching Strategies

An NMR Literacy Improvement Initiative

The 7 High Reliability Literacy Teaching Strategies

What is literacy ?

Literacy is the knowledge students use to convert written information to knowledge

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Why the concern about literacy ?

Literacy knowledge and skills

• an essential vehicle for effective learning or knowledge construction in C21.

• essential for individuals to operate effectively

as citizens

Why teach literacy ?

Literacy = academic success

How does good literacy knowledge

help students ? Students with good literacy knowledge can

learn easily by reading written texts,

teach themselves new concepts,

learn the vocabulary of the subjects they learn and

show what they know efficiently in written contexts.

Literacy skills are lower in NMR

literacy problems affect student outcomes. low literacy leads to disengagement and poor

behaviour. not all teachers know how to develop literacy in

their class. a school does not have a consistent, school-

wide literacy program.

How can schools tackle this issue ?

Schools need a workable strategy. This includes:

1. What is useful knowledge to teach ? 2. How to teach it ?3. When to teach it ?

What do you teach ?

1950s – 1960s

phonics

1970s – 1980s

whole language

1990s – 2000s

eclectic

What is useful literacy knowledge to teach ?

The approach to literacy

identifies the strategies readers to to comprehend and learn from written text more effectively by converting the written text information to knowledge.

teaches readers to use these strategies though the High Reliability Literacy Teaching Procedures (HRLTPs).

What do you do when you read ?

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What are the High Reliability Literacy Teaching Procedures?

A set of explicit teaching procedures that teach readers to

• get their knowledge ready for reading and learning• use and learn new vocabulary• use reading aloud• paraphrase the text• link the text with questions it answers• summarize the text• review, consolidate and automatize what was read.

What are the High Reliability Literacy Strategies?

They can be used in all subject areas to enhance students' literacy knowledge. They:

enhance text comprehension

teach regular content

lead to the students learning more independently

are practical for the whole class

The HRLTPs address other school priorities:

They

teach ways of thinking

improve students’ self efficacy as learners.

build knowledge by helping students convert short-term understanding to long-term knowledge.

Why ‘high reliability’ ?

Research shows they work

Program successfully implemented in several NMR schools in which student literacy problems have persisted

Do these strategies work?1998 1999 2000 200

12002

2003

Yr 3 AIM reading 1.82.3

1.92.3

1.92.3

2.52.4

2.72.4

Yr 5 AIM reading 2.63.2

2.63.2

2.73.2

2.73.1

3.33.1

Yr3 1999 / Yr5 2001

.6 .9 1.5

School reading scores on RPTest : (mean = 100)

94 95 107 113 117 123

Do these strategies work?

School Example

AIM Mean Literacy

Yr 7 in 2005 Yr 9 in 2007 Improvement

L SC ReadingWritingSpelling

3.73.63.8

4.84.84.6

1.11.20.8

Like Schools

ReadingWritingSpelling

3.94.03.8

4.84.84.6

0.90.80.6

State ReadingWritingSpelling

4.34.34.2

5.25.24.9

0.90.90.7

Our School ReadingWritingSpelling

What did each school do?

4 prong approach to PL

SLTs MLLLs PLTs CP

What did each school do (cont.) ?

Build a capacity to

lead PL for enhanced literacy teaching -SLT trained

guide PL for enhanced literacy teaching -MLLL trained

guide the PL capacity for the school- MLOPL trained

PLTs as the means for explicit PL


Identified term by term goals

Identified ways of pooling PL regularly

Identified procedures for PL How to implement in teaching topics Demonstration and modeling Peer and external coaching

Used data in formative way – AfL

Gathered summative data -monitored progress


Had an explicit focus on professional knowledge and staff activity:

By end of Term 1 :

What will staff be doing differently?

What will students be doing differently?

What will SLTs be guiding, scaffolding differently ?

What have we learnt ?

Implement 1-2 HRLTPs at a time Need clear operational plan and action plan

Need explicit PL procedures, PLT led by MLLL

Need clear data Need clear model of teaching Need to know what you are doing

Know what you are doing to build your school’s professional knowledge and

professional learning capacity

What is teachers’ professional

knowledge like ?

What staff know about literacy, what it looks like

What staff know about how literacy is taught - options

How staff actually teach literacy

Need to know what professional

knowledge to target ?

Relevant conceptual knowledge

Relevant pedagogic knowledge

Relevant pedagogic practice

Need to know what professional

knowledge to target ?

What does

literacy look like ?

Useful literacy teaching procedures

HRLTPs are done in teaching

What is literacy knowledge in my subjects ?

What would literacy teaching look like ?

Why should I engage with it ?

How / when /where will I do it in my teaching ?

How to embed gradually ?

How to target knowing literacy ?




To learn more about What does literacy look

like ? What do I need to know to do literacy tasks ?

Unpack and identify the aspects of literacy

What does literacy ‘look like’ ?

How to target knowing options for

literacy teaching ?




To learn more about Useful literacy

teaching procedures collaborative discussions in PLTs -

possibles, sharing what has worked for others

see videos of teaching procedures see sample lesson plans; how

others have done them in their teaching

how to unpack problems in teaching in terms of literacy

Instructional leadership that suggests optional, alternatives

Target doing literacy teaching




How to learn to

do HRLTPs are in teaching ?

discuss in PLTs, visualise and reflect on how to do HRLTPs to teach topics

plan lessons that include the HRLTPs see HRLTPs demonstrated in their classes coach staff to do HRLTPs in teaching trial and evaluate HRLTPs in teaching in action research

monitor how HRLTPs solve particular problems in teaching

Know how do develop

an literacy action plan a professional learning plan an implementation plan

Key questions to assist with action

planning What will effective literacy teaching look like ?

When the effective literacy teaching is in place

what will teachers be doing differently ? What does effective literacy teaching look like ?

how will students be learning differently ? What does effective literacy learning look like ?

How will you set goals for each term ?

Activity During term Term outcome

What will teachers do independently ?

What will teachers trial ?

What will teachers be coached to do ?

Collaborative lesson planning ?

Novel student activities ?

How will you lead teachers to implement activities each week ?

Weekly planning proforma

HRLTP Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3

GKR Hear key words, visualize the context

Talk about images in sentences

Say what questions the text might answer

vocabulary Read and spell key words

Work out meanings of key words

synonyms

Know how your school will gather data

Formative data : Afl Summative data

Know how your school will interpret data and map it into action

How can schools gather data about their students’ literacy?

AIM test Torch test PAT test Probe test Burt test Teacher assessment

reports

Monitor the success of professional learning

How will the school monitor

Change in staff knowledge re literacy ?

Improvement in literacy teaching practice ?

Explicit PL program

The PL program for literacy will enhance

literacy knowledge

iteracy teaching knowledge

literacy teaching practice

Who will deliver the program?

HRLTP tutors will assist in developing literacy and literacy teaching knowledge. They are

teachers from a range of subject areas. from NMR schools which have implemented the program completed the HRLTPs training program, used the strategies in their classes supported colleagues to use them in school-wide

programs

How will the HRLTPs approach enhance professional practice?

Teachers will understand

• why some students read, understand and retaining information less efficiently

• multiple ways of using teaching strategy

• ways of building literacy strategies into all classes

• how to teach students to use each strategy independently

What does school level leadership of literacy involve ?

Some key procedures to examine

What do school leaders need to know to lead literacy learning ?

How will your staff learn to do it ?

Lead building a group knowledge literacy teaching

The conditions for improving literacy teaching

How will you scaffold /support professional learning ?

What can schools put in place to improve literacy ?

Some key procedures to examine:

• Code of teaching practice for literacy • How to have an explicit professional learning focus through

PLTs to build teaching power for literacy• Multiple parallel professional learning opportunities• Implement action plans with term by term objectives in

literacy knowledge • Data based monitoring• Instructional leadership strategy that targets literacy

learning

What do school leaders need to know

to lead literacy learning ? What will effective literacy teaching look like ?

How will your staff learn it ?

What does your staff know now about it ?

How will you lead systematic improvement ?


How will you set goals for each term ?

How will your staff learn to do it ?

How will staff be coached /scaffolded to implement new

teaching procedures ? be assisted to plan how to apply them in topics

they will teach ? monitor and modify the procedures ? see links with VELS ? become aware that the school leadership is

actively supporting this; instructional dialogue ?

Lead building a group effective literacy teaching

All learning begins with what the learners already know.

What procedures will you use to help staff to identify and collate what they know ?

How will you build a ‘group’ knowledge of literacy ?

The conditions for improving literacy teaching

How will you

foster a climate for professional learning about literacy ?

encourage the literacy leaders to lead professional learning ?

show your valuing of the activity ?


What time, physical resources are necessary ?

How will you foster goal congruence for enhanced literacy teaching ?

How will you encourage regular professional dialogue, problem solving about literacy learning and teaching ?

How will you encourage collegiate support and collaboration ?

What will the whole school HRLTPs program involve?

Phase Components

Duration and Delivery

1

Semester 2 2007

School leadership team:

Instructional leadership and practices that support and sustain school improvement initiatives

School literacy team:

Understanding literacy and introduction to the High Reliability approach

2 half days John Munro

1 half day John Munro

2

Semester 2 2007

School Literacy Team:

Getting Knowledge Ready

1 half day Teacher Tutors

3

Semester 2 2007


Vocabulary

1 half day Teacher Tutors

4

Semester 1 2008


Paraphrasing and summarising


I half day Teacher Tutors

5

Semester 1 2008

School leadership teams, teachers, teacher tutors:

Program Review


What we intend to do : train at least one MLLL

per schoolMLLLs trained in how to teach the HRLTPs lead professional learning, interpret relevant data in terms of

what it means for literacy teaching, coach, mentor and lead lesson

planning, lead professional learning team, develop termly action plans and

operational plans in literacy

What we intend to do (cont.) implement literacy assessment to monitor changes using screening + diagnostic scales.

train classroom teachers in HRLTPs. train principals, SLs to lead literacy learning and teaching at school level

What we intend to do (cont.):continue to develop planning tools professional learning plan

grids literacy skills planning grids action planning tools literacy screening and

diagnostic tools for students

What we intend to do (cont.):continue to develop implementing tools coaching for professional

learning tools data interpretation tools sample web-based lesson plans web-based teaching scenarios

What we intend to do (cont.):monitor, evaluate the progress

of literacy initiative

evaluate changes in professional knowledge and learning

identify barriers and obstacles use formative and summative

procedures evaluate effective use of sample

web-based lesson plans and teaching scenarios

The next steps for schools Analyse and describe students’ achievement in literacy and the tools

used. Trends in AIM data in recent years ? Audit what staff know about literacy. To what extent do they see it

demanded in learning ?

Audit what staff know about how to teach literacy.

Where you would like to be at end of 2008 in literacy ?

Plan initial professional learning pathway ?

Resources, support needed ?

Documents

An NMR Literacy Improvement Initiative The 7 High Reliability Literacy Teaching Strategies