Reading Instruction:
∑ I can identify sound research-based practices for teaching all areas of reading comprehension, word study and fluency.
∑ I can plan a range of instructional activities for meeting different learners’ needs in comprehension, fluency, and word study.
∑ I can evaluate and modify (where necessary) instructional materials and activities for different learners.
∑ I can discussion IL state goals, learning standards, benchmarks, and performance descriptors for reading at my school grade level.
Writing Instruction
∑ I can identify sound research-based practices for writing instruction
∑ I can plan range of instructional activities for meeting different learners’ needs in writing.
∑ I can evaluate and modify (where necessary) instructional materials for different learners.
∑ I can develop planned activities for teaching writers about the nature of texts and writing process.
∑ I can discuss IL state goals, learning standards, benchmarks and performance descriptors for writing at my school level.
Professional Leadership
∑ I can locate and analyze current research articles about effective literacy instruction.
∑ I can lead informed discussions about current issues in literacy teaching and research.
∑ I can demonstrate familiarity with organizations that support teachers through promoting a professional community.
∑ I can contribute to promoting evidence-based teaching and standards-based change in my school community.
Literacy Assessment
∑ I can select appropriate and useful assessment tools to help me obtain relevant information about my students’ literacy development and needs.
∑ I can observe good record keeping procedures, which allow me to easily access information about student performance.
∑ I can conduct and analyze a running record of reading behavior.
∑ I can use a variety of assessment tools to obtain information about a students’ development in writing.
∑ I understand how to use assessment data to help me individualize instruction in my classroom.
State Standards the I Cans encompass:
Illinois Professional Learning Standards for Reading Specialists
Related to I Can Statements
1. Knowing theoretical models and philosophies of reading education and their relevance to instruction (Illinois Professional Standard 1A)
2. Knowing the scope and sequences for reading instruction across developmental levels, emphasizing K-8 (Illinois Professional Standard 1B)
3. Learning about trends, controversies, and issues in reading education (Illinois Professional Standard 1D)
4. Understanding the construction and psychometric properties of classroom reading tests, including the state assessment (Illinois Professional Standard 1E)
5. Understanding, respecting, and valuing cultural, linguistic, and ethnic diversity and knowing how such differences can influence learning to read (Illinois Professional Standard 1F)
6. Understanding the differences between reading skills and strategies and the role each plays in reading development (Illinois Professional Standard 1G)
7. Knowing a wide range of quality literature for students (Illinois Professional Standard 1H)
8. Adjusting reading instruction to meet the learning needs of diverse learners (e.g., gifted, ESL) as well as those who speak non-standard dialects (Illinois Professional Standard 1I)
9. Locating, evaluating and using literature for readers of all ages (Illinois Professional Standard 1J)
10. Understanding the role that reading research should play n guiding pedagogical decisions (Illinois Professional Standard 3A)
11. Developing an understanding about major research findings on literacy instruction (Illinois Professional Standard 3C)
12. Reading and interpreting research findings and applies them to decisions about assessment, curriculum, instruction, materials selection, and program (Illinois Professional Standard 3E)
13. Knowing state and national educational standards that are relevant to literacy education (Illinois Professional Standard 4A)
14. Knowing exemplary programs and practices in literacy education (Illinois Professional Standard 4B)
15. Learning ways of staying current with developments in literacy education and children’s and adolescent literature by reading professional journals and other publications and by attending professional meetings. (Illinois Professional Standard 8C)
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