DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 26
February 2, 2007
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy K.
Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Reading
First Academies for Special Education Teachers |
The
Office of Elementary Instruction and the Office of Special Education
Instructional Services at the Virginia Department of Education are pleased to
announce Reading First Reading Academies for Special Education Teachers. Teacher Reading Academies for special
education teachers of grades four through twelve will be offered in four
locations. Attendees may participate in an intensive four-day academy or a
regular five-day academy. Participants
must attend the entire academy.
These
academies will provide a focused professional development experience for
special education teachers of students with reading difficulties. This professional development training may be
used by teachers to satisfy the reading/English/language arts requirements of the
High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) approved by the
Virginia Board of Education on February 25, 2004.
The academies include sessions on the critical
components of a comprehensive program focusing on scientifically-based reading
research with emphasis on interventions for struggling readers, word attack
skills, fluency, spelling, vocabulary development, comprehension strategies,
and strategies to differentiate instruction within content area text. There is no cost for registration or materials. Lunch will be provided each day.
Transportation and lodging expenses will not be reimbursed.
Priority
registration will be given to teachers from schools accredited with warning and
schools that did not make adequate yearly progress (AYP) due to the subgroup of
students with disabilities.
Detailed
information for the 2006-2007 Reading
First Academies for Special Education Teachers may be found in the attached document.
Questions
regarding the Reading First Reading Academies for Special Education Teachers
should be directed to Marie Ireland, special education specialist, Office of
Special Education Instructional Services at (804) 786-9775 or by e-mail at Marie.Ireland@doe.virginia.gov
or to Patience Scott, Reading First coordinator, Office of Elementary Instruction
at (804) 225-3203, or by e-mail at Patience.Scott@doe.virginia.gov.
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