ADE K-12 ELA Newsletter

Thursday, October 13, 11am-12pm

This is an online event hosted by the ADE ELA team.

Register for K-12 ELA Office Hours in EMS!

Access our 2022-2023 Office Hours Padlet to keep up-to-date or see topics you've missed at a previous Office Hours.

Come join us for our current professional learning book studies!

Kinder-12th Grades:

Structured Literacy Interventions edited by Louise Spear-Swerling

9 Wednesdays, August 31 - November 2nd

4:30-5:30 MST

Contact: Maggie Velazquez

See Dyslexia Book Study Flyer for more information.

Secondary (6th-12th):

Disciplinary Literacy Inquiry & Instruction by Jacy Ippolito, et al.

8 Thursdays, September 1st - October 27th

4:30-5:30 MST

Contact: Lauren Spenceley

See Secondary ELA Book Study Flyer for more information.

General Info for our book studies:

• Virtual book chats take place via Zoom.
• All participants must register in the ADE EMS system to receive credit - each session is offered individually.
• All participants who register in EMS, read their chapter(s), and attend the book study will be given 2-hours PD credit.
• More details, ordering information, etc. can be found on the flyers linked above. Please share with your colleagues!

As you continue planning for this current school year, consider making the Arizona Reading Fundamentals OnDemand Academy a part of your comprehensive professional learning plan.

These courses are best facilitated by a school or organization-level literacy leader. Participation is best completed in a collaborative and job-embedded manner.

Before you register, please watch our OnDemand Academy Introduction Video to learn more. Each knowledge block recommends a companion text. Please browse the Professional Development webpage for all details prior to registering.

Registration for Fall 2022 Quarter (course dates October 1 - December 30) opens October 1.

ADE's current Event Management System (EMS) will soon migrate to a new system. In the event that all housed certificates do not migrate, please take a moment to download and save any certificates you have for completed ADE courses.

The MOWR Portal has been accessible since mid-August. All LEA literacy leaders assigned "LEA Approver" permissions within ADEConnect, have received consistent notifications and updates. Please check to ensure you are receiving these messages. Work with your Entity Administrator to assign you the appropriate permissions in ADEConnect. This is how email list servs are generated and no other email list serv is maintained.

Note: Literacy plans will not be approved for schools which choose to use an alternative assessment, not on this list of approved Universal Literacy and Dyslexia Screeners List and Guidance.

For all MOWR questions, please reach out to Sarah Bondy by emailing: moveonwhenreading@azed.gov

Each school Dyslexia Training Designee should be in progress of an approved training by July 1st. For schools who have completed the training, it is the responsibility of each school to keep on file the completion certificate(s) for their designee. Move On When Reading school approvers will upload their school's DTD information and certificate(s) directly into the MOWR portal during the coming year. ADE does not need certificates emailed.

Dyslexia Training Designee Guidance and Approved List

The ADE's Early Childhood Team announced the official selection for the state Kindergarten Entry Assessment in their Septemeber Monthly Update. Subscribe to the Early Childhood newsletter to stay in the know. Engage in the video below to learn more.

Contact the ECE Team for more information.

Through a formal Request for Information (RFI) process, a list of approved trainings have been published. The list is continually evolving and will be updated as needed.

Arizona Reading Fundamentals OnDemand Academy Knowledge Blocks are still being created and vetted to align with the requirements of the Literacy Endorsement, therefore these Knowledge Blocks are not yet on the list.

The Literacy Research Association's annual conference is coming to Arizona at the Arizona Grand Resort from Nov. 30-Dec. 3rd! Visit the LRA website for more information.

Calling all school-level Dyslexia Training Designees. The ADE ELA team presents Quarterly PLC Meetings for the Dyslexia Training Designee. Please join our quarterly Dyslexia Training Designee PLC, hosted by Maggie Velazquez, Dyslexia and Literacy Intervention Specialist. This is your opportunity to meet with other DTDs in Arizona to collaborate, share, and discuss roles and responsibilities of being your school's DTD. We will build this DTD Professional Learning Community to help support one another in this amazing role, "Dyslexia Training Designee". Please note you do not have to have your DTD trainings completed to attend.

Make sure to register for our Quarterly DTD PLCs here. The next one will be November 8.

The International Dyslexia Association will be posting daily on their social media platforms during the month of October. They have IDA webinars, stories and even a global fundraising event. On Oct. 17th, IDA is hosting a turn your social media RED and use the hashtags #DyslexiaAroundTheWorld and #UntilEveryoneCanRead.

Come join all the current and upcoming Secondary ELA Professional Learning opportunities, including live webinars and asynchronous courses! Register for all secondary ELA opportunities here!

These professional learning webinars are offered in collaboration with our ADE Social Studies team:

• "Increasing Diversity in Teaching Through Women and the American Story (WAMS)", on October 20th, 2022 from 4-6 PM MST.

Do you want to hear Indigenous YA authors' perspectives on diversity, inclusion, and equity in Native American youth literature with an emphasis in culturally sustaining-revitalizing education? Come join us!

• Register here for the Indigenous Author Panel
• Flyer to share with colleagues!

The Arizona English Teachers' Association (AETA) offers events and professional learning for all English teachers in Arizona, including monthly webinars, a newsletter, and a journal.

October News:

• 2022 AETA Conference - "I Change Myself, I Change the World: Stories of Hope, Change, & Light" Thank you to everyone who attended! It was a fantastic conference!
• Journal - AETA is calling for journal submissions for their Fall AETA journal. The submission deadline is January 31st, 2023.

Each month, we have been introducing a new section of the ADE Science of Reading webpage. Over the last TEN months, we have introduced the Homepage, Structured Literacy, Brain Research, Reading Researchers, SOR Terminology, Educational Equity, SOR Articles, Podcasts, Books, and the Simple View of Reading.

This month, let’s learn more about the Science of Reading with our Scarborough's Reading Rope section.

Scarborough's Reading Rope was created by Dr. Hollis Scarborough to model the importance of the upper strands of language comprehension continuously weaving together (background knowledge, vocabulary, language structures, verbal reasoning, and literacy knowledge), and the lower strands of word recognition weaving together simultaneously (phonological awareness, decoding, and sight recognition of familiar words), to then weave upper and lower strands together, producing a skilled reader. Even one missing or weak strand will compromise the overall reading ability.

Relationships are the foundation of instructional coaching and teacher leadership. However, when conversations stay on the surface to avoid stepping on anyone's toes, real change doesn't happen. When Nice Won't Suffice, by Elisa MacDonald, discusses this pitfall and provides tips on how to facilitate respectful, deep conversations that lead to results.

Dr. Amy Boza, Director of English Language Arts and Move On When Reading

Sarah Bondy, K-5 Literacy Lead

Lauren Spenceley, Secondary ELA Specialist

Maggie Velazquez, Dyslexia and Literacy Intervention Specialist

Kim Piranio, Literacy and Dyslexia Specialist

Karen Ten Napel, Literacy and Dyslexia Specialist

Michele Rutin, P-3 Coach Coordinator