Reading Literacy
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Ranell Wakefield is the NUES Reading and Language Arts Specialist.
- Help identify school, teacher, and student needs
- Help identify the things that are working
- Meet with reading coaches/specialists
- Research resources and programs
- Provide information on trainings, workshops, inservices
- Support/train STAR program
- Introduce the STAR parent/home program
- Facilitate discussion groups/teams
- Brainstorming sessions
- Model reading strategy lessons (as staff inservice or in the classroom)
- Model writing lessons (as staff inservice or in the classroom)
- Help set up writing programs
- Classroom scheduling
- Reading group organization
- Reading group management
- Writing instruction organization and management
- Center ideas
- Work in the classroom
- Diagnostic testing support
- DIBELS testing
- DIBELS conferencing
- Writing Six Traits
- Provide Professional Development Opportunities
- Provide Classroom Visit opportunities for teachers
- Listening ear
- Researcher for identified needs and questions
- Read with students
- Work in small groups with students
- Conference with students about reading/writing
- Track down instructional tools—videos, materials, ideas
- Mentoring teachers/reading staff
Contact Ranell at rwakefield@nucenter.org to arrange professional development activities.
