Making the Science of Reading Stick with Dr. Jocelyn Washburn — Transformative Principal

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To celebrate EduTalk Radio joining the Be Podcast Network, we're sharing episodes from other network shows. Today is a conversation from Transformative Principal, between host Jethro Jones and Dr. Jocelyn Washburn, an associate director of the Center for Research on Learning at the University of Kansas. 

The episode covers:
  • SIM is an approach to instruction that focuses on teaching students strategies for learning. In short, SIM emphasizes HOW to learn.
  • Learning strategies (explicit instruction) and content enhancement (teacher guided learning) strategies, Cue, Do, Review
  • SIM is designed for teachers in middle and high school
  • SIM Paraphrasing activity
  • Center for Research on Learning
  • Pretest and make commitments to learn. 
  • Success formula = 
  • If you figure out what works for you, what strategies will help you perform it, that will make it effective for life. 
  • Strategic is about having strategies
  • Why hasn’t anyone taught me “like this” before
  • Learning strategies vs. Cue, do, review
  • Research-based information
  • Concerns about science of reading approaches
  • Review process - reviewed against a long list of components (do those specific components have research showing they work.)
  • Teacher not being able to teach something even though they have experience showing that it works. 
  • Adapting evidence-based practices based on student data. 
  • iSTAR Adaptive intervention based on SIM writing strategies. 
  • Learn how write complete sentences and effective purposeful paragraphs. 
  • Many different types of gaps and writing that has happened. 
  • Human-delivered instruction but with dashboards for families, teachers, students, and administrators with AI to support
  • Interest-inventory
  • Authentic Audience - writing with purpose routine, built into iStar. 
  • How to be a transformative principal? Learn alongside your teachers. 
Making the Science of Reading Stick with Dr. Jocelyn Washburn — Transformative Principal