COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 95
May 6, 2005
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne
DeMary Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Reading
First Reading Academies for Special Education Teachers |
The Office of Elementary Instruction and the Office
of Special Education at the Virginia Department of Education are pleased to
announce Reading First Reading Academies for Special Education Teachers; two
Intermediate Teacher Reading Academies for special education teachers of grades
4 through 6, and two Middle School Teacher Reading Academies for special
education teachers of grades 6 through 8.
Each of the four academies will be limited to 45 participants and will
be offered in a six-day configuration of three days in June and three days in
August at two locations, Virginia Beach and Richmond. The schedule will be as follows:
1.
Intermediate grades 4 through 6, June 2123 and
August 911 in Richmond, Virginia
2.
Intermediate grades 4 through 6,
June 2830 and August
1618 in Virginia Beach, Virginia
3.
Middle School grades 6 through 8,
4.
Middle School grades 6 though 8,
June 2830 and August 911
in Virginia Beach, Virginia
These training opportunities 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
requirements of High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE)
approved by the Virginia Board of Education on February 25, 2004. Teachers of students in grades 4 through 6
in an elementary school setting or students in grades 6 through 8 in a
middle school setting will be the target audience. The academies are based on materials produced by the Consortium
on Reading Excellence (CORE). There is
no cost for registration and lunch will be provided each day for all
participants. The daily schedule will
be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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.
Registration will be conducted through Virginia
Tech and will begin May 2, 2005.
Registration information can be found at https://www.conted.vt.edu/ssl/reading-se/.
Amanda Timcik (atimcik@vt.edu) will handle
the logistics for the academies.
Questions regarding the Reading First Reading
Academies for Special Education Teachers should be directed to Ginna Glover, (Ginna.Glover@doe.virginia.gov)
specialist, reading/English K-5, office of elementary instruction at (804)
786-1997, or Marie Ireland (Marie.Ireland@doe.virginia.gov),
special education specialist, office of special education at (804) 786-9775.
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