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🗓️ 14 June 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Literacy is arguably the most valuable asset we develop in our students, but many classrooms are missing some of the most effective literacy practices. In this episode, author and educator Angela Peery shares a set of tools any PK-12 teacher can use to evaluate what you're doing right, what you're missing, and how you can fill the gaps.
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Thanks to Today by Studyo and Scholastic Scope for sponsoring this episode.
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The check-up tools we discuss in this episode come from Peery's book (co-authored with Tracy Shiel), What to Look for in Literacy: A Leader's Guide to High Quality Instruction*.
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0:00.0 | This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 171 of the Cultopeticoji podcast. |
0:06.2 | In this episode we are going to talk about whether your school needs a literacy checkup. |
0:22.5 | The word literacy has always kind of bugged me because it feels inadequate. |
0:27.2 | It's not a lot of people who speak, watered down, like one small item in a long checklist of things we need to make sure we do in school. |
0:35.2 | That one little word encompasses reading, writing, speaking, and listening, but it's so formal sounding it doesn't pack the punch that it should. |
0:46.2 | Because really, literacy is kind of everything. |
0:50.2 | Without literacy, our student's ability to learn is choked off. |
0:54.2 | Their personal growth is stunted. |
0:56.2 | Their ability to advocate for themselves is blocked. |
1:00.2 | Without literacy, a person has to depend almost entirely on other people to navigate their world. |
1:07.2 | So as a starting point, I'm taking a moment to give the word literacy its proper weight. |
1:12.2 | One of our most important priorities as educators should be to make sure our students complete their schooling with the ability to read deeply, widely, and critically. |
1:22.2 | To communicate clearly and effectively in speech and in writing, and to listen with care, empathy, and discernment. |
1:30.2 | Accomplishing that is no small task. |
1:32.2 | It requires a multifaceted approach with a wide variety of techniques over many years. |
1:39.2 | What we're talking about today is how schools can figure out if they are actually achieving that goal, and what they can do if they're not. |
1:47.2 | The answer to this question doesn't come from test scores. |
1:50.2 | It comes from comparing literacy best practices against what your school is currently doing. |
1:56.2 | This is the work my guest Angela Perry does with schools. |
2:00.2 | As a literacy consultant, she observes instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, research, and technology use, then helps schools identify areas for improvement. |
2:11.2 | In the new book she's co-authored with Tracy Sheel, what to look for in literacy. |
2:17.2 | Angela offers a complete set of tools schools can use to do a DIY version of the consulting she offers. |
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