School Context and Leadership Training Videos

This page includes training videos from the archives of training provided by the Tennessee Center for Dyslexia. These videos focus on topics related to school context and leadership. We hope that these videos help you in your study of these topics.


 

Houston, We Have a Literacy Problem... Bold Leadership Moves that Transform Student Outcomes

 

Reading success for all should be a human right, regardless of where we come from, or how our brain is uniquely wired.  The stakes are incredibly high for children with dyslexia.  We will back load from what happens to adults who leave schools systems as functionally illiterate to understand what awaits children who do not receive dyslexia intervention or therapy.  What should the new social contract offer parents who need their children prepared for a knowledge economy, regardless of learning disability, zip code, or cultural experiences? Click to Access the Houston, We Have a Literacy Problem Handout

Learning Objectives

  • Make connections between incarceration rates and illiteracy rates and the national landscape provided by NAEP where literacy acquisition is concerned
  • Understand how poverty is a “common denominator”  across multiple groups of students and how navigating the war zone of poverty impacts literacy 
  • Gain knowledge about a multi-faceted approach that supports all literacy stakeholders: family, adults, and educators
  • Understand the contribution of peer coaching and ongoing feedback to advance fidelity of teacher implementation and application of a concept 
  • Recognize the benefits of family engagement  
  • Understand how school and home languages can be different and how to leverage that difference to support literacy development 
  • Understand that sometimes teachers must supplement and