Reading Apprenticeship^® Academic Literacy Course: Curriculum & Teacher Training

The 9th Grade Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy Course and Curriculum

The Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy Course is designed to accelerate 9th grade students' reading achievement, engagement, and fluency. This yearlong course is appropriate for a wide range of students, from struggling readers to students reading at or above grade level.

Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy builds students' motivation and increases their strategic and critical reading capabilities, enabling them to construct meaning from academic texts. Students engage with high-interest, challenging texts; analyze the way words and sentences are constructed; and use writing as a tool for learning.

The course is organized around three thematic units:

Unit 1: Reading Self and Society
Unit 2: Reading History
Unit 3: Reading Science

Who Should Participate

This institute prepares educators to teach the year-long 9th grade Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy Course. Past participants have been specialists in English, reading, English language development, humanities, mathematics, science, and social sciences. The course and curriculum are designed to accelerate students' academic reading achievement, engagement, and fluency; and is appropriate for a wide range of students, from struggling readers to students reading at or above grade level.

Learning Goals

In addition to gaining a foundation in the Reading Apprenticeship instructional framework, participants will have practice with key routines embedded in the course curriculum. These include Reciprocal Modeling, Silent Sustained Reading Debrief, Word and Sentence Detective Routines, and Three-Part Reading Discussions (clarifying content, discussing reading process issues, responding to and elaborating on content, and making connections to other related texts through theme-based Essential Questions). The Reading Apprenticeship approach, which includes inquiry-based discussion, modeling, and reflective dialogue, is embedded throughout the 5-day program.

Formats and Dates

• Philadelphia, PA Area
  June 21-25, 2010
• San Francisco, CA
  July 19-23, 2010

Institutes may also be scheduled in your city with a minimum of 25 participants.

Cost and Included Resources

The cost of $2,950 per participant includes the following:

• Five-day institute
• Complete teacher materials include detailed curriculum and assessment guides organized in binders for each of three content-area units:
  • Unit 1: Reading Self and Society
  • Unit 2: Reading History
  • Unit 3: Reading Science
• One sample copy of student materials:
  • 3 Student Readers (one per content area unit)
  • 3 Interactive Notebooks (one per content area unit)

Additional Student Materials: $92.75 per student
Additional Teacher Materials: $495 per teacher

Course teacher and student materials are available only to teachers who participate in a Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy Course training or who have participated in a minimum of five days (30 hours) of Reading Apprenticeship professional development led by a certified Reading Apprenticeship trainer (or by special arrangement).

Registration

Application (DOC)
Application (PDF)
Materials order form (PDF)
Travel, schedule, and lodging (PDF)

Sample the Curriculum

Contact Information

Kate Meissert
510.302.4211
kmeisse@wested.org