Author: PCG | Posted: 8. July 2009 03:30

The National Academy Foundation will hold their annual Institute for Staff Development and Leadership Summit in July, with the theme of "Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow." PCG-CRM's Dr. Julie Meltzer will present on "What Academy Leaders Need to Know and Be Able to Do To Improve Literacy and Learning." This highly interactive session introduces academy leaders to A Leadership Model for Improving Adolescent Literacy, a research-grounded model that shows how a systemic focus on literacy can be used as a lever for improving student academic and career success. Participants will examine what literacy looks like in each of the career areas focused on by NAF and the roles and responsibilities of academy leaders in supporting literacy rich teaching and learning to take place including how to help students understand how important it is to develop proficiency as readers, writers and learners. Participants will receive a copy of the book Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy (ASCD, 2007) as well as a packet of session handouts and templates.