CTL's Adolescent Literacy Model

CTL has developed and tested its Adolescent Literacy Model over the past decade, most recently through a federally funded Striving Readers research project, one of eight in the nation.  The Adolescent Literacy Model is designed to help middle and high school students master content across all subject areas as they improve their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.  It provides a school-wide framework for improved student learning by addressing all aspects of instruction, including:

• Foundational instruction in English/Language Arts classes
• Content literacy, applying literacy strategies across disciplines to increase student learning in all subjects
• Support for existing classroom interventions designed to bring struggling students to grade level
• Development of school literacy coaches who work daily with colleagues to improve instruction
• Leadership development, including training and support for principals and creation of a literacy leadership team to support literacy instructional improvement
• A school instructional culture of high achievement based on literacy development in all subjects

CTL's expertise in professional development shapes the multi-year, school-wide Adolescent Literacy Model.  Teachers are engaged in deep and significant training on content literacy best practices that apply across subject areas, and on approaches unique to individual disciplines.  Teachers and principals come to understand how literacy development prepares students to master content in mathematics, science, social studies, and arts and humanities. Click here to read Dr. Deborah Walker's CTL blog post related to the Adolescent Literacy Model, "Achieving Sustainability When a Project Ends: What is the Principal's Role?" >

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For more information, contact:
Dr. Deborah Walker
v: 502.895.9500 x328