Level Up With Literacy

An updated version of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee guidance manual is now available on the Department’s website. The manual includes the most recent updates regarding the Reading Diagnostic, RIMPS, High-Dosage Tutoring, and Promotion/Exemption. Please send questions about the manual to ThirdGradeGuarantee@education.ohio.gov.

A recent change in Ohio law now allows pre-kindergarten general education teachers to be eligible for stipend reimbursement for completing the Department’s Science of Reading professional development course. The target audience for Pathway G includes pre-kindergarten general education teachers. For information about Pathway G, and to download a copy of the July 2024 updated Guidance Document for the Science of Reading Professional Development Requirements please see the Department’s Science of Reading Professional Development webpage.

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce has added materials to the approved list of reading intervention programs. The Department’s list of approved reading intervention program materials includes all submitted materials that met the required criteria.

Information regarding timeline updates and supports for districts and schools in selecting materials is available on the Department’s website.

Questions regarding requirements for high-quality instructional materials in English language arts may be sent to ReadOhio@education.ohio.gov.

Participants will gain an understanding of the legal requirements for RIMPs, with an emphasis on data analysis to identify each student's unique needs. Participants will learn how to tailor interventions accordingly, monitor implementation by educators, track student progress, and adjust strategies to ensure accelerated gains for all students. Register Here

September 12, 2024 and November 7, 2024 | 7:30 - 8:30 OR 3:00 - 4:00| Virtual

(September 26 and November 21, 2024 | 3:00 - 4:00 |Optional virtual Q & A sessions)

Audience - Classroom teachers, intervention specialists, administrators that support adolescent learners, particularly those in fourth & fifth grade

Presenter - Debbie Nagel (Regional Early Literacy Specialist)

What if you could unlock forward movement without the need for more resources? The same people, the same assets but dramatically better results. Would you like to know why the middle is the roughest part of a change effort? Why inefficiency can sometimes accelerate progress? Why getting "buy-in" is the wrong way to think about change? Register Here

September 26, 2024 | 9:30 - 11:00 | Virtual (This session is also a Literacy Kickoff event for the Literacy Leaders Network, Instructional Coaching Network and ESC/SST Literacy Leaders Network

Audience - Education Leaders, Literacy Leaders and Coaches, however, any educator is welcome to attend this event.

Presenter - Dan Heath (#1 NY Times best selling author, podcaster and Co-found of Thinkwell)

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