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Strategic Literacy Initiative

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Director:
Ruth Schoenbach, Cynthia Greenleaf

Staff: (not displayed on WestEd.org)
Lynn Murphy, Ruth Schoenbach, Gina Hale, Jane Braunger, Pamela Fong, Jana Bouc, Cindy Litman, Margot Kenaston, Ricky Herzog, Rita Jensen, Diane Waff, Kate Meissert, Irisa Charney-Sirott, Willard Brown

Project Description:
The Strategic Literacy Initiative (SLI) is a research, development, and service consulting group based in WestEd's Oakland, California office. SLI's work improves student literacy at the secondary school level. more »

Live on WestEd.org: yes, 11/09/2000
Project Web site: http://www.WestEd.org/sli
Topic(s): Literacy, Teacher Professional Development, Urban Schools
Service Areas: Professional Development
Related Research Studies: Integrating Literacy and Science Instruction in High School Biology: Impact on Teacher Practice, Student Engagement, and Student Achievement, Reading Apprenticeship® Classroom Study Linking Professional Development for Teachers to Outcomes for Students in Diverse Subject Area Classrooms, A Study of the Efficacy of Reading Apprenticeship® Professional Development for High School History and Science Teaching and Learning
Contact: Jana Bouc      510.302.4245      jbouc@WestEd.org
Development Site: no
Short List: yes


Programs 1 to 1 of 1
Record ID Program Name Director(s) Program Subname Chief Officer Approvers Program Viewers
9 Teacher Professional Development Program Aida Walqui TPD Gary Estes Aida Walqui Jana Bouc, Echo Chen


WE Press Releases 1 to 1 of 1
Title Date Status Featured Staff
Literacy Initiative Selected for National Study 04/08/2005 Live  


Resources 1 to 15 of 15
Record ID Title Live on WestEd.org Short Title
879 Best Practices in Adolescent Literacy Instruction yes Best Practices
820 Building a Knowledge Base in Reading,
Second Edition
yes Building a Knowledge Base
698 Building Academic Literacy: An Anthology for Reading Apprenticeship yes Building Academic Lit: Anth
697 Building Academic Literacy: Lessons from Reading Apprenticeship Classrooms, Grades 6-12 yes Building Academic Lit: Lessons
716 Education Policy and Practice: Bridging the Divide yes Education Policy and Practice
869 English Learners and Literacy Education Solutions: 2008 Products and Service Catalog yes EL Catalog
908 Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research   Handbook of Adolescent Lit
726 Improving Reading Achievement Through Professional Development yes Improving Reading Achievement
853 Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas: Getting to the Core of Middle and High School Improvement yes  
173 R&D Alert® Summer 1999 yes R&D Alert Summer 1999
626 R&D Alert® Vol. 4, No. 1 yes R&D Alert Vol. 4, No. 1
776 R&D Alert® Vol. 7, No. 1 yes R&D Alert 7.1
76 Reading for Understanding: A Guide to Improving Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms yes Reading for Understanding
754 Rethinking Preparation for Content Area Teaching: The Reading Apprenticeship Approach yes Rethinking Preparation
901 Science and Mathematics Education Solutions: 2008 Products and Services Catalog yes STEM Catalog: 2008



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