Using the Simple View of Reading to Simplify Your Work
Literacy leaders are overwhelmed by the number of decisions and stakeholders involved in their work, with the very high stakes of literacy achievement of real students, everyday. We have to…
Engaging Families in a New Way!
With all the changes happening everyday family engagement is moving to the for front of everyone’s mind. We can’t just inform parents of our discussions we must include them as…
Now is the time. Shifting mindset required.
Embedding Inclusive Practices. When you think about inclusion, what comes to mind? You may think first of including everyone in an educational setting. Good start. What does that look like?…
5 Reasons Why Student-Teacher Relationships are Important
5 Reasons Why Student-Teacher Relationships are Important (thank you to albert.io) Relationship building with students has been shown to be instrumental in student success, and it may be one of…
School Improvement Updates
School Report Cards The 2020 Ohio School Report Cards which serve as the basis for the state's accountability system for schools and districts, will not feature letter grades. The change…
Integrating Play into Literacy Instruction
Click the title above - Integrating Play into Literacy Instruction - and a video of Timothy Shanahan will play. Timothy Shanahan, July, 2020
Scrolling Into the New School Year – How Literacy Educators are Continuing to Adapt and Persevere While Carrying the Weight of a Global Pandemic
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash I recently heard a song by Coldplay called "Everyday Life", and these lyrics struck a chord with me: “What in the world are we…
Welcome to the new SST 13 blog!!
As part of our continued commitment to keep our regional districts and schools updated, we have created a new SST 13 blog. Weekly, we will add new developments, content, articles…