Louisiana Lit Academy
June 13th – July 21st, 2022
We’re Coming to You!
Transforming Louisiana’s Literacy Plan: One Leader at a Time
Lit Academy is a two-day learning event that will provide literacy teams with intensive, collaborative, and application-based workgroup sessions focused on implementing the science of reading literacy plans.
With innovative sessions geared toward evidence-based literacy instruction, collaborative, hands-on learning, and year-long engagement from The Center, Educators will have the opportunity to learn ways in which they can apply these strategies to their schools’ curricula.
New This Year:
- We’re coming to you, we will travel to your school or district
- Grade Bands from PreK – 12th Grade
- Multiple Sessions with Grade Level Content
Louisiana Lit Academy is a collaborative, team-based, hands-on learning experience that brings together members of a school team charged with literacy-focused decision-making and implementation. Literacy leadership teams may consist of the following educators:
- Principals
- Literacy Coaches
- Mentor Teachers
- Curriculum & Instruction Leads
- TRTs/RHTs
- Interventionists
- ELA Lead Teachers
- Assistance Principals of Curriculum
- Instructional Leaders
- Master Teachers
- SBLC Leads
- Curriculum Specialists
Teams will attend focused sessions that will lend themselves to actionable planning, implementing an effective literacy coach program, family literacy engagement, and applying new knowledge toward building a robust literacy plan. Workgroup sessions will engage participants with data review, curriculum-specific, instructional guidance, literacy plan review, and refinement. Literacy Leadership teams will be divided into the following sessions:
- Science of Reading (New, Moderate, Advanced)
- ELA Curriculum Exploration (Guide Books, CKLA, ARC, Wit & Wisdom)
- Cross-Content Application (Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
- Data-Dig (Elementary, Middle, High School)
- Intervention (Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
- Literacy Plan Goals: What’s Next? (Elementary, Middle, High School)
As a participant in the 2022 Lit Academy Cohort II, teams will be provided additional year-long engagement support opportunities that are in addition to the in-person 2-day intensive event. The Center will host quarterly virtual support meetings and participants will receive 1-year access to The Center’s PathLMS site to receive Lit Academy resources, training videos, recordings of virtual meetings, and engage in a cohort discussion board.
Costs
$7,600 per team of a maximum of 30 participants
- All materials and sessions
- Follow up webinars and year-long engagement
Payments will have to be received 5 days prior to services
To Be Prepared, Please Bring…
- ELA tier 1 curriculum(s)
- ELA intervention curriculum(s) & materials
- Current literacy plan (If your school or district has one)
- Student Literacy Data
- Laptop and Chargers
- Others: schedules, lesson plan templates, any relevant observation tools
“The partnership with The Center for Literacy & Learning has truly changed how my teachers teach children to read. We are a Title 1, inner-city school with 100% of students on free/reduced lunch. However, my teachers understand that our zip code doesn’t define your success. This past summer, the LIT Academy, provided us with research-based strategies to help our teachers understand the science of reading. There were many aha moments throughout the academy. After the LIT Academy, one of their consultants came to our school to support our teachers in restructuring their literacy block around the science of reading. This process was a game-changer. The consultant was able to focus on our specific needs and tailor her time with us around those needs. Once we had our literacy block structured for success, we began planning for the upcoming year. Again, the consultant was able to support us with the various needs we had with our school. In August, the implementation process began. CLL provided us with ongoing support throughout the year. After the first nine weeks, the growth we were seeing was amazing. The restructuring of the literacy block ensured our teachers were intentional with their instruction every minute of the block. The culmination of this entire process was during Plain Talk. We were able to attend sessions that answered questions we still had and also it provided confirmation that we were doing the right things for our students. After Plain Talk, CLL followed up with us again with one of their facilitators to continue supporting our growth. With 6 weeks still left of learning, I am EXCITED to report that this time last year 42% of our 1stgrade students were reading on grade level and we are currently at 60%. 35% of our 2nd-grade students were reading on grade level and 50% are reading on grade level now. We have almost surpassed our end of the year percentage from last year as well and it is only March. We are so thankful for the opportunity to have partnered with CLL and look forward to continuing that partnership.” – Tonya Hilburn, Principal at Plantation Park Elementary 2021 Lit Academy Attendee
Lighting it Up with Lit Academy
By: Ashley Watson-Stroud, Ph.D., Regional Literacy Specialist
Lit Academy team 6 had the privilege of working with the dedicated educators of the Redesign School District. Teachers, Literacy Coaches, Administrators, and District Personnel met on June 15th and 16th at Glen Oaks Middle School’s campus to learn about and apply the research from the Science of Reading. Lit Academy is a working conference. When asked to define Lit Academy, Redesign’s Educators said, “Its hands-on learning, coaching, team-based, support with data, and a tool to grow teachers and students.”