Literacy News You Can Use - Summer Reading Challenge for Teachers!

Achieve the Core Summer Reading Challenge 2017
This year's list offers an array of the most popular topics and voices from the Aligned blog. Make the most of your summer reading time and take up the Challenge! View the complete list here to get started today.

The Regional Education Lab Southeast (REL SE)
REL SE released the Implementing Evidence-Based Literacy Practices roadmap to provide state local education agencies with a framework to plan and implement evidence-based literacy practices in their classrooms. The roadmap links to resources from across Institutes of Education Sciences (IES) to guide users in assessing their readiness for implementing literacy interventions, selecting evidence-based instructional materials and strategies, and evaluating their implementation of these practices.

StandardsWork
In an effort to amplify the valuable work educators are doing to implement high-quality curriculum, StandardsWork is pleased to introduce its newly relaunched website: https://standardswork.org/. Designed to promote three pillars – that curriculum counts, knowledge matters, and proven practices deliver – StandardsWork's website curates articles of interest for educators and celebrates what success looks like by posting authentic, field-generated videos.

Iowa Council Teachers of English Fall Conference (October 12-13, 2017)
Register to learn with keynote speakers, Christine Dawson, author of The Teacher-Writer: Creating Writing Groups for Personal and Professional Growth and Thomas Newkirk, author of Minds Made for Stories: How We Really Read and Write Informational and Persuasive Texts. Don't forget the worthwhile discussions, unique learning, and life-changing networking with many knowledgeable colleagues around the state.

Find more professional learning opportunities on the Professional Events in Literacy page on the Literacy Resources pages at IowaCore.gov.

Open Up Resources
Open Up Resources Seeks Curriculum Reviewers for the ELA (6-12) Curriculum
Consider this paid opportunity as a way to learn more about the free curriculum.

Enjoy the summer months, and watch for the next Literacy News You Can Use message during the first week of September!

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Destiny Eldridge
Education Consultant (Literacy)
Iowa Department of Education
400 E 14th St
Des Moines, IA 50319
515-281-6235 (office)
515-822-2554 (cell)
destiny.eldridge@iowa.gov

Literacy on www.EducateIowa.gov
Literacy Resources on www.IowaCore.gov
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