Further Implementation and Colleague Support

As a reading/literacy specialist who works with individuals or groups of students, it is important for them to consistently monitor and track progress. Progress monitoring data can be used to plan or revise interventions or to determine if further interventions are necessary. An efficient tracking system also allows other stakeholders, such as other professionals, families, and/or students to monitor and be involved in the process. Part 2: Small Group Literacy Observation and Interview Observe a small group literacy lesson at a grade level of your choosing. If possible, observe a grade level you have not been working with or a literacy group with students from multiple grade levels. Observe and take notes on literacy strategies and resources the teacher uses as well as how the teacher motivates and engages the students in the small group instruction. Following the observation, discuss the small group lesson with the teacher. Take interview notes on the following questions: How did you analyze data to create the literacy groups? How do you make revisions to your small group instruction based on observations and informal data? How do you motivate and engage all readers? What strategies do you use to motivate and engage struggling readers? Two additional questions of your choice. Part 3: Continuing Colleague Support Under the supervision of your mentor, continue providing support to the same colleague you worked with in Topic 3. During your time together, discuss and take notes on the following: Strategies and resources you identified in Topic 3 and how the implementation of those strategies is going. The effectiveness of the strategies and any additional support needed for modifying the strategies for a more successful implementation. Additional support you can provide to the teacher to meet the literacy goals you set in Topic 3 before reassessment. The timeline for reassessment of the literacy goals to determine if the strategies/resources that were provided were effective. Identify a time that you can meet with your colleague to discuss this reassessment data for the Topic 6 assignment. Spend any remaining field experience hours providing literacy instruction and support. Part 4: Reflection Write a 250-500 word reflection on your experience providing student interventions and supporting a colleague. Include the following in your reflection: Discuss the effectiveness of the entire intervention plan from your LWS. Include one thing you would change the next time you implement literacy interventions. Summarize your experience with continuing to support a colleague. Discuss how you are supporting the successful implementation of the strategies and resources. Include how the additional support you provided in this topic helps the teacher meet the literacy goals. Explain how the experience of delivering intervention, observing small group literacy instruction, and supporting a colleague will shape your future professional practice. Submit your observation/interview notes from Part 2, discussion notes from Part 3, and your reflection from Part 4 as one document.