Evidence and Lessons Learned from A Secondary Schoolwide Literacy Model Approach
Evidence and Lessons Learned from A Secondary Schoolwide Literacy Model Approach
The Maryland Initiative for Literacy & Equity (MILE) is excited to present February’s Lunch & Learn webinar with Dr. Jade Wexler, “Evidence and Lessons Learned from A Secondary Schoolwide Literacy Model Approach.” This talk includes insights beneficial to secondary administrators, leadership teams, and teachers.
Participants will…
- Understand the importance of implementing aligned schoolwide literacy models at the secondary level.
- Be provided an overview of a set of content and curriculum agnostic evidence-based comprehension building practices suitable for implementation in schoolwide literacy models.
- Be provided an overview of a systematic coaching model developed to support implementation of schoolwide literacy models.
- Learn about various resources they can access to help with implementation of schoolwide literacy models.
About Dr. Jade Wexler
Dr. Jade Wexler is a Professor of Special Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. She also currently serves as the Area Director of the Special Education program at the University of Maryland and works closely with the Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity.
As a former high school special education English and reading special education teacher in Maryland, Wexler aims to bring her practical experience in the field to her research. With a focus on bridging research to practice, she also greatly values the partnerships she has formed with school district administrators and teachers. Wexler also values the inclusion of her students in designing and implementing research.
In collaboration with members from her research team, the Adolescent Literacy and Professional Development Lab, her current research focuses on developing and evaluating 1) reading interventions to support adolescents with reading difficulties and disabilities in the content-area and supplemental intensive intervention settings, and 2) professional development and coaching for instructional leaders (e.g., literacy coaches) and teachers to support teachers’ adoption and sustained implementation of evidence-based literacy practices in the middle school setting.
Dr. Wexler has served as principal investigator or Co-principal investigator on projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) (see https://projectcali.uconn.edu/), and the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP; see https://meadowscenter.org/project/pact-plus/). She has conducted studies in public schools and alternative school settings.
Wexler currently serves as Principal Investigator (PI) of two federally-funded grants supporting work on AIM Coaching, an adaptive intervention literacy coaching model for middle school instructional leaders (e.g., coaches). The AIM Coaching model provides instructional leaders with a literacy coaching model that they can use to support teachers' implementation of evidence-based literacy practices. Work on the Adaptive Intervention Model Coaching, or AIM Coaching, is supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Education IES and OSEP; see www.aimcoaching.org.
In addition to numerous practitioner-focused teacher guides and other resources, Dr. Wexler has published more than 55 articles in peer-reviewed journals and is the co-author of three books focused on adolescent literacy. Wexler presents frequently at conferences and consults often with school districts and federally funded centers.