Literacy and Learning

Is your school or district doing everything it can to prepare each student to be a strong and confident reader, writer, thinker, and learner?

Our students will face increasing demands to read, write, and think as they work to manage an ever-expanding world of information. Public Consulting Group’s Center for Resource Management (PCG-CRM) literacy and learning services provide you with the tools and understanding necessary to ensure that all of your students are prepared for the intellectual demands of the 21st Century.

PCG Education’s Literacy and Learning Services combine consulting, coaching, and professional development that enables schools and districts to provide all students, K-12, with the skills they need to be strong, independent readers, writers, thinkers, and communicators. Partner with us. We’ll work with you to determine the right combination of resources and services, building systemic initiatives that improve student literacy, learning, and achievement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   “We have literacy work going on everywhere, but we need a coherent, district-wide effort.”

Let’s work together to implement a systemic literacy initiative that builds teacher capacity and student achievement. Features of our customizable solution include:

• A Literacy & Learning Audit that analyses your data and delivers key findings and actionable recommendations specifically for your school or district
• Action Planning that builds buy-in of all stakeholders and establishes achievable but challenging short and long term goals
• Professional development that puts teachers and administrators on the same page and collaboratively builds capacity
• Customized literacy leadership coaching to ensure a successful, sustainable, systemic initiative
  
  

   “We want to launch a district-wide literacy initiative, but aren’t sure where to begin.”

Let us work with your district and school leaders to help implement specific strategies that build a school- or districtwide literacy initiative. Areas of literacy leadership include:

• Using the Taking Action Literacy Leadership Model to support effective literacy instruction across content areas
• Planning and implementing effective literacy interventions for students who need extra support
• Establishing effective School and District Literacy Leadership Teams
• Using protocols for looking at student work, peer coaching, and reviewing assessments
• Conducting effective Literacy Walkthroughs and reporting the data in ways that improve teaching and learning
  
  

   “Our teachers need help in understanding how learning strategies can help their students.”

Let‘s work together to help your teachers understand and use powerful learning tools that improve student learning. Possibilities include:

• Targeted professional development in the use of specific content area learning motivation, engagement, and achievement strategies and approaches
• Design and development of coordinated district, school, content area, and grade level efforts
• Building a cadre of Literacy & Learning coaches who will support their colleagues, shoulder-to-shoulder
  

Our RTI consulting services plus EdPlan™ software give you the tools and understanding to make your RTI initiative effective and efficient.

PCG Education’s CTE experts work with CTE schools by coaching leaders and helping teachers to improve student reading, critical thinking, writing, and vocabulary development within the context of preparation for Career and Technical fields.

PCG Education’s leadership consultants provide training and support for school administrators and leadership teams on how to successfully implement school-wide instructional improvement initiatives. Areas of expertise include how to design and sustain initiatives to improve reading and math, Response to Intervention (RTI), 21st century skills development, and other priority areas facing educational leaders today.

PCG’s Education’s literacy consultants examine student performance, teacher practice, and school capacity against research-based practices. Schools receive a detailed analysis of school and teacher capacity to improve literacy instruction with specific recommendations for improvement. PCG’s action planning tools and approaches save time and money by targeting areas for improvement and streamlining the process so school leaders can take immediate action to improve student literacy and learning.

PCG Education’s practical and interactive Teacher Professional Development provides teachers with research-based tools and high impact strategies focused on improving literacy and learning for all students, including English language learners, in content areas such as math, science, social studies, and English language arts. Topics include training for teacher mentors and instructional coaches; integration of 21st century skills into today’s classroom; differentiation strategies; and strategies for motivating and engaging students.

PCG Education’s teaching and learning experts examine your school or district’s current practices that prepare students to be successful 21st century learners. Schools receive a detailed analysis and specific recommendations for improvement. PCG Education’s action planning tools and approaches help school leaders quickly put into place updated and effective practices and monitor progress toward goals. PCG Education is recognized as a PD Affiliate by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.