Supporting Teacher Effectiveness and Improving Student Achievement
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, closing the achievement gap, content area literacy, and assessment.
How does it work?
Take a 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?
Register for our upcoming free virtual open house on Thursday, August 27 at 2:00 p.m. EDT and hear how other schools are integrating this professional development experience into their school improvement plans. Contact the professional development office of NCTE if you would like to request a private tour for your school leadership team.
Structured to support cross disciplinary learning communities
Based on the NCTE Principles of Effective Professional Development and the NCTE Principles of Adolescent Literacy Reform, Pathways for Advancing Adolescent Literacy is organized around four key questions to maximize the teaching and learning practices across the academic content areas:
- How Can I Structure My Classroom to Increase Student Responsibility and Independence?
- How can I support my students as readers and writers while teaching challenging content?
- What role should formal and informal assessment play in content area literacy and learning?
- What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century and what are the implications for our teaching and student learning?