Supporting Quality Teaching and Making a Difference in the Lives of Our Students
Pathways for Advancing Adolescent Literacy is a yearlong professional development program that helps teachers, schools, and districts address the unique needs of adolescent learners with content on key areas such as gradual release of responsibility, 21st century literacy, supporting English language learners, content area literacy, and assessment.
How does it work?
Watch this brief online video tour to find out more about Pathways for Advancing Adolescent Literacy.
Download this excecutive overview of the program to see how this would improve teacher effectiveness and improve student achievement.
Interested in seeing more?
Contact us at pathways@ncte.org to request a customized tour for your school's leadership team! During the tour you will get a first hand look at the kinds of learning experiences offered in Pathways.
Structured to support cross disciplinary learning communities
Pathways for Advancing Adolescent Literacy is organized around five key questions and 17 learning strands to maximize the teaching and learning practices across the academic content areas and create the most locally customized professional development experience available:
How can I support my students as readers and writers while teaching challenging content?
Learning Strands:
- The role of language in students’ understanding of content
- The role of background knowledge and vocabulary in comprehension
- Integrating reading and writing
How Can I Structure My Classroom to Increase Student Responsibility and Independence?
Learning Strands:
What role should formal and informal assessment play in content area literacy and learning?
Learning Strands:
- The role of formative assessment
- Using assessment information in instructional planning
- Balancing high stakes tests
What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century and what are the implications for our teaching and student learning?
Learning Strands:
- Critical analysis of multimodal texts and the media
- Tapping students’ interests in Web 2.0 tools in the classroom
- Global awareness and social action
How can I support the English language learners in my classroom?
Learning Strands:
- Support language development while engaging in rigorous content
- Create learning environments that facilitate student achievement
- Provide opportunities for students to use language, learn language, learn about language
- Help students actively engage in learning.