Using Micro-Innovation to Support Teacher and Student Learning

Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) professional developers are highly trained on the most effective literacy instruction practices, but they also constantly innovate ways to meet the needs of and build rapport with the teachers they coach.

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Recognizes CLI Impact

February 19, 2015 “When dozens of schools in Camden and Philadelphia see jumps in students’ reading skills, it’s worth asking why. The answer is an effort called the Children’s Literacy Initiative.” This quote originated from an article written by U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan for Philly.com. Click…

What Teachers Want You To Know About Your Child’s Writing

Do you have a child who struggles to find the motivation to write, or do you have a child who relishes writing, who composes stories, and scribbles away in a journal? Understanding how your child learns about and masters the aspects of writing can help you assist them in building their writing skills.

Making Reading Time Count

Sharing a book with your children is one of the most special experiences you can have as a family. Snuggling up and reading a story together not only creates wonderful lasting memories, but it will help your children grow as learners. Family reading time is also a great opportunity to help your kids practice literacy skills at home.

How to Ensure Powerful Reading Conversations with your Students

Reading with StudentsReading with individual students can seem like a luxury with all the demands placed upon your time so how can you ensure that your one-on-one time is used effectively? Here’s some useful tips for making sure that the reading conversations you have with your students – especially your struggling readers – are powerful ones.

Reversing the Trend: The Truth About Teacher Professional Development

Effective Professional DevelopmentAs an internal evaluator at an education non-profit, as well as the wife of a middle school teacher, I am inherently curious about how teachers respond to the professional development (PD) provided by their school district.

10 Tips for Talking with Parents about Student Reading Difficulties

An educator’s delivery of information that a student might have a reading difficulty can be unsettling to that student’s parents or guardians. They often don’t know what to do for their child next, as they might have heard or read a variety of conflicting advice.

Warning Signs That Struggling Early Readers Have Learning Disabilities

Specific warning signs – varying by age and grade – can help teachers flag a student’s learning disabilities early, says Richard Selznick, a psychologist, nationally certified school psychologist and the director of Cooper Learning Center, a child-learning program affiliated with the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Health Care with pediatric offices throughout Southern New Jersey.

The Mid-Year Numbers Report

One on One CoachingWith the holidays behind us we are officially into the second half of the school year and, if you’re like me, this means taking stock of what’s been accomplished so far this year and where we still have to go. So where are we organizationally? Well, here are the numbers:

How Starting Small Can Lead to Something Big

Newark Student ReadingA few weeks ago, AIR Institute Fellow and chief scientist for literacy, Terry Salinger, wrote a guest blog for CLI explaining how the preliminary results for CLI’s i3 funded Model Classroom Project stand out in the field of early reading interventions.