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Enhancing Instruction for
Striving Readers
Enhancing Instruction for Striving Readers™ (EISR) is an on-site professional development program designed for middle and high schools using the AMP™ (Achieve Maximum Potential) Reading System. EISR is aligned specifically with the content of the AMP intervention program and it provides teachers with the skills and tools to improve their teaching with AMP and to ensure that the intervention is implemented effectively. This program is an innovative, comprehensive professional learning experience that assures teachers in your district have the knowledge and skills to support excellence in teaching.
INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.
Enhancing Instruction for Striving Readers (EISR) prepares teachers to offer effective instructional strategies for students reading two to three
levels below their current grade. EISR respects teachers’ expertise with the adolescent learner while
bolstering the participants’ understanding of the complexities of the reading development process.
How the AMP Reading System Works
AMP addresses the critical areas of literacy:
• Comprehension: 7 strategies
• Vocabulary: 32 academic words per unit
• Fluency: A fluency tip in almost every lesson
• Writing: Structured writing in each lesson and written responses from students daily.
The system combines the highest level of research-based techniques with high-interest, student-selected topics, and incorporates an explicit instructional routine based on evidence of the National Reading Panel (NRP).
How EISR Works
Our targeted approach not only helps teachers to more effectively use the AMP Reading System, but also combines examining content and their own teaching practice. The professional development program offers the opportunity for hands-on experience with each of the AMP strategies, and examines the connections between vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.
PROMOTE EXCELLENCE.
Expected Outcomes
Teachers will learn strategies to help striving readers develop the foundational cognitive abilities that are evident in good readers and improve their comprehension and communication. The program is designed to create a common language about instructional quality and to build a community of professionals dedicated to excellence in teaching for all students.
Funding
EISR is rooted in teacher quality, data-driven decision making, and school improvement. Our partner schools and school districts have used many sources to fund their literacy program, including:
• Title I
• Striving Readers (Title I, Part E)
• Local and District Funds
Approximately eight million young people between fourth and twelfth grade struggle to read at grade level. Some 70 percent of older readers require some form of remediation. Very few of these older struggling readers need help to read the words on a page; their most common problem is that they are not able to comprehend what they read.
Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy, by the Alliance for Excellent Education, 2004. http://www.all4ed.org/publications/ReadingNext/ReadingNext.pdf
800.321.3106www.ampforsuccess.com
Transforming the Culture of Teaching
Enhancing Instruction for Striving Readers
Key Features
n The professional development is aligned specifically with the AMP Reading System.
n The program includes a three-day, on-site institute:
Day 1: Triangular foundation of reading achievement: comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency; goal setting techniques for teachers to help students set their own learning goals
Day 2: Focus on the first comprehension strategy, Summarizing; analyzing student work
Day 3: Overview of the remaining six comprehension strategies: Questioning, Predicting, Text Structure, Visualizing, Inferencing, and Metacognition
n The program also includes two follow-up institutes:
Day 4: Strategies and planning for effectively implementing Questioning, Predicting and Text Structure with students; reflection on implementation including analysis of assessment data and student work
Day 5: Strategies and planning for effectively implementing Visualizing, Inferencing, and Metacognition with students; continued reflection on implementation
n Participants receive an enhanced AMP Teacher’s Edition, which includes a Participant Guide offering research and articles to expand teachers’ expertise.
n The custom journal pages for the Summarizing unit provide opportunities for contextualized reflection of teachers’ professional learning.
Pearson is committed to helping you improve literacy instruction in your district by transforming the culture of teaching.
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