Questions
Does a district or school in your region have a question? The Department has several email boxes to assist in providing answers to policy questions, in writing, to the districts you support.
Please remind districts they can reach out to the following email boxes.
Smart Adoption Training Materials
Smart adoption training materials from November 2nd and 3rd are now available.
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State Literacy Network Meeting
Our next session will be Tuesday, January 9, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. online.
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New Literacy Specialist Onboarding
Our next meeting for first and second year literacy specialists will be on Thursday, February 8, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. online.
To support districts and community schools in developing their Reading Achievement Plan, the Department’s literacy policy team will hold remote office hours exclusively for districts and community schools required to submit Reading Achievement Plans to the Department by December 31, 2023. The office hours will be held during the following dates and times:
- Friday, December 8, 2pm – 3pm Click here to join the meeting
- Tuesday, December 12, 3pm – 4pm Click here to join the meeting
- Friday, December 15, 3pm – 4pm Click here to join the meeting
- Monday, December 18, 2pm – 3 pm Click here to join the meeting
- Thursday, December 21, 3pm – 4pm Click here to join the meeting
Please send questions to ReadingPlans@education.ohio.gov
Professional Learning Opportunities
The literacy team has developed information regarding professional learning opportunities for SST and ESC consultants that will be offered during the 2023-2024 school year. Within this document, you will find information regarding:
- Live virtual professional development offerings, including those offered to regional support teams for literacy
- Live virtual facilitator trainings for literacy professional learning provided by the Department
- On-demand professional learning
The document contains full details regarding each professional learning offerings, including date and time, registration information, prerequisite requirements (if applicable) and contact information. Please note that professional learning sessions may be added or updated throughout the year and we will share an updated document when additions are made.
In addition, The Department’s Literacy Team is available for virtual office hours each month to answer questions and provide support on Ohio’s literacy policies, professional learning facilitation and coaching around literacy with districts and schools. Dates, times and meeting links are available in the linked document.
Our next opportunity to get together as a Regional Support Team for Literacy will take place on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grant
Save the Date: 7th Annual Literacy Academy
The Literacy Academy, brought to you by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, is returning in-person on June 10-11, 2024, in Columbus! The seventh annual Literacy Academy will provide professional learning to support the use of evidence-based language and literacy practices. This event is intended for Ohio districts, schools and early care and education programs working toward raising literacy achievement. There are no registration fees to attend this event.
Registration will open in spring 2024. Please continue to check our website for additional information. Questions may be emailed to ReadOhio@education.ohio.gov.
Please feel free to share this information with districts and schools you support. More information will be shared with State Support Teams and State Literacy Network members at upcoming meetings.
Save the Date: 2024 Literacy Academy Lab
Please save the date for the Ohio Department of Education’s 2024 Literacy Academy Lab! This professional learning event for Comprehensive Literacy State Development grantees will take place on February 27-28 at the Quest Business Center (9200 Worthington Rd Ste 400, Westerville, OH 43082).
The Literacy Academy Lab will explore the evidence-based language and literacy practices outlined in Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement through the lens of building comprehensive model literacy sites. Each day will include opportunities for grantee teams to network with colleagues and fellow grantees from across the state through a variety of session types.
Please note this event is for Comprehensive Literacy State Development grantees only; additional information will be shared later this fall with network literacy specialists regarding involvement and support for CLSD grantees at the event. State Literacy Network members are welcome to attend this event, but attendance is not required as part of the network. Regional early literacy specialists and urban literacy specialists who provide direct support to the CLSD grantees in their region are invited to attend and participate in the sessions alongside the building and district leaders who attend.
Literacy Academy On Demand
Literacy Academy On Demand offers short, easily-accessible courses on literacy for grades K-12. Each course is centered around a brief video of an expert In literacy instruction, along with resources, reflection questions and articles. These courses should take 30-60 minutes to complete. The goal of each course is to provide teachers, coaches and administrators with quick overviews of topics, along with tangible steps that they can take in their classrooms, coaching sessions or team meetings to improve literacy instruction.
Structured Literacy Process Tool
The Structured Literacy Certification Process Tool, developed by members of the State Literacy Network, is now available on the Department website. The tool includes a comprehensive checklist of items for districts to consider when establishing their structured literacy certification process.
Reading Diagnostic and Tier 1 Dyslexia Screener Approved Use List
A one-page document is available showing what assessments are available, as well as their approved uses.
Upcoming Dates
Wednesday, December 6, 2023: Regional Support Team for Literacy
Tuesday, January 9, 2024: State Literacy Network
Wednesday, January 10, 2024: Regional Support Team for Literacy
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Save the Date: Student Focused Coaching
March 12, 2024 at Quest Conference Center Additional information is forthcoming.
General Resources
Roughly 70 schools received $50 million to adopt a science of reading teaching approach.
This policy statement, released jointly by the United States Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, re-affirms that all young children with disabilities should have access to high-quality inclusive early childhood programs that provide individualized and appropriate support so they can fully participate alongside their peers without disabilities and achieve their full potential.
This webinar will explore the different purposes, types, and uses of educational assessment, with a specific focus on considerations for assessing learning while implementing innovative educational approaches. National assessment researchers and practitioners from the Northeast & Islands region will share examples of educational assessment and participants will have the opportunity to ask questions.
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