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In this webinar co-hosted with the New England Comprehensive Center (NECC), Professor Michael L. Kamil at Stanford University presented five evidence-based recommendations from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Practice Guide: “Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices.” Dr. Kamil chaired the panel that authored the Guide.
Dr. Kamil
also discussed barriers to the recommendations and concrete strategies for teachers to implement them.
He is on the faculty of the Learning, Design, and Technology Program at Stanford, and his research focuses on the effects of recreational reading on reading achievement, instruction for English language learners (ELLs), and the effects of technology on literacy and literacy instruction. Dr. Kamil also was a member of the National Reading Panel, which produced a synthesis of instructional research in reading.
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Dr. Michael L. Kamil, Stanford University |
Following Dr. Kamil’s presentation, three educators and policymakers from three different Northeast states discussed particular recommendations from the Practice Guide and how they relate to their own work advancing adolescent literacy. The panelists asked Dr. Kamil questions, and webinar participants submitted comments and questions in an online chat room. More than 150 people from across the Northeast and Islands Region, and the country, participated in the two-hour webinar.
Presenters:
- Dr. Michael Kamil, Professor, Stanford University School of Education; co-author of the IES Practice Guide: Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (Listen 1:06:34)
- Cerelle Morrow, Project Director, NECC; Moderator
- Naomi Hupert, Senior Researcher, REL-NEI at Education Development Center (EDC); Panel Chair
- Bill Clarke, Middle-High Instructional Dean, Times2 Academy, Providence, Rhode Island; Panelist (Listen 12:27)
- Deb Wiswell, Administrator for the Bureau of Accountability, New Hampshire Department of Education; Panelist (Listen 10:46)
- Christina Nola, Assistant Principal, Saunders Trades and Technical High School, Yonkers, New York; Panelist (Listen 6:34)
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