Facilitation Innovation

Category: Literacy

  • Instructional Design

    Instructional Design

    Getting Started with RHD PL Course This course will focus on teaching foundational literacy skills using a specific curriculum. The instruction is intended for educators, coaches and administrators who will be implementing the Reading Horizons Discovery (RHD) curriculum at their school/district. This course will progress from basic instruction in the program background, method, skills, resources…

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  • The Why

    The Why

    WHY: We believe that literacy is opportunity.  HOW: We provide comprehensive, content-specific, ongoing professional learning for teachers and administrators that gives each attendee an understanding of the importance of foundational literacy instruction, knowledge of the Reading Horizons instructional method and resources, and the practical knowledge necessary to implement the Reading Horizons program with diverse learners.…

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  • Aligning Outcomes, Assessment and Activities

    Aligning Outcomes, Assessment and Activities

    Innovation Plan Integration This course aligns with my innovation plan by planning for the Year One professional learning (PL) implementation. By utilizing Fink’s (2013) course design principles I will create a significant learning environment for learners. This course will provide educators implementing the Reading Horizons (RH) program with critical knowledge of the Science of Reading…

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  • Onward and Upward

    Onward and Upward

    “I don’t know what lies around the bend, but I’m going to believe that the best does” (Montgomery, 1992, p. 330). This life is such a journey! As I complete my last writings for this semester and for this year, I can’t help but reflect on how life never turns out how you plan. In…

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  • Learning Networks

    Learning Networks

    We are better together! I have been participating in learning networks for many years. My learning networks have proven essential as my educational work has been virtual for the past six years. Being a virtual teacher can feel very isolating without the daily teacher community just down the hall or in the faculty room. Instead,…

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  • Sold a Story

    Sold a Story

    This month the literacy world was rocked by a new podcast by Emily Hanford (2022) called Sold a Story. Hanford’s podcast is a deep look at how reading has been taught in the US for the past forty years using the cuing system, and why that system persisted for so long even though there is…

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