Collaborative Center for Literacy Development

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  • Kentucky Literacy Celebration Week - March 4-8, 2013
    Monday, February 18, 2013

    The Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, in collaboration with First Lady Jane Beshear, is pleased to announce the 3rd annual Kentucky Literacy Celebration Week to be held March 4-8, 2013. The intent of this event is to highlight literacy in Kentucky, celebrating the accomplishments and focusing on the challenges we still face as a state. The theme of this year’s unique event is “Bridges to Literacy.”

    The week will be marked by a variety of activities and events, including site visits by Mrs. Beshear as she travels across the state. There are multiple opportunities for individuals and entities to get involved. Share your events on our website and discover events in your area by following the link below

    Kentucky Literacy Celebration Week 2013

  • Elite PD Program addresses literacy education hot topics: Not your “Grandma’s” PD anymore!
    Thursday, January 10, 2013

    The Kentucky Reading Project (KRP) is a professional development program that focuses on Senate Bill 1 (2009) mandates, Kentucky Core Academic Standards, college and career readiness preparation, and formative assessments.

    KRP is a yearlong graduate-level course centered on research-based reading instruction. It is taught by literacy faculty at each of the eight state universities. Teachers in grades K-5 may participate in KRP and will receive a stipend and graduate credit upon completion of the course in May 2014. The National Center for Family Literacy provides one day of training at each site. This initiative is directed by the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development; over 3,050 educators have been trained through this program in 14 years.

    To find more information about KRP and the application for the 2013-2014 cadre please follow the link

    For questions or additional information, you may also contact the KRP Director, Cary Pappas, at cary.pappas@uky.edu or 859-257-6118.

  • Educational Neuroscience Podcast Addresses Dyslexia
    Thursday, April 5, 2012

    The publishing company Blackwell-Wiley has podcasted an interview with CCLD’s executive director George Hruby on how neuroscience should inform educational research, theory and practice. The podcast is a follow-up to the recent publication of Hruby’s Annual Review paper for the British Journal of Educational Psychology.

    Hruby argues that educational neuroscience has suffered through some growing pains, and gives examples of lapses in coherent reasoning, adequate reliance on educational expertise, and sensitivity to ethical concerns in education. Drawing from his own background in reading education, Hruby uses several examples of how neuroscience has been misapplied in reading education and dyslexia advocacy and commercial marketing.

    “Given the recent push in the legislature for dyslexia services,” Hruby notes, “it is crucial we use well-focused and limited definitions of disability. Otherwise, we’ll be off on another expensive boondoggle with no demonstrated benefit to students.”

    Link for podcast:

    http://www.slideshare.net/Wiley-Blackwell/bjep-annual-review-george-hruby

    Link for article:

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2044-8279.2012.02068.x/full

  • Kentucky Literacy Celebration Week – March 5-9, 2012
    Thursday, February 16, 2012

    The Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, in collaboration with First Lady Jane Beshear, is pleased to announce the 2nd annual Kentucky Literacy Celebration Week to be held March 5-9, 2012. The intent of this event is to highlight literacy in Kentucky, celebrating the accomplishments and focusing on the challenges we still face as a state. The theme of this year’s unique event is
    “Open Doors to Literacy.”

    The week will be marked by a variety of activities and events, including site visits by Mrs. Beshear as she travels across the state. There are multiple opportunities for individuals and entities to get involved. For more information about Kentucky Literacy Celebration Week, including ways to participate, please visit: www.kentuckyliteracy.org/celebrate

  • Elite PD Program addresses literacy education hot topics: Not your “Grandma’s” PD anymore!
    Monday, January 9, 2012

    The Kentucky Reading Project (KRP) is a professional development program that focuses on Senate Bill 1 (2009) mandates, Kentucky Core Academic Standards, college and career readiness preparation, and formative assessments.

    KRP is a yearlong graduate-level course centered on research-based reading instruction. It is taught by literacy faculty at each of the eight state universities. Teachers in grades K-5 may participate in KRP and will receive a stipend and graduate credit upon completion of the course in May 2013. The National Center for Family Literacy provides one day of training at each site. This initiative is directed by the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development; over 2,900 educators have been trained through this program in 13 years.

    To find more information about KRP and the application for the 2012-2013 cadre,
    please follow the link

    For questions or additional information, you may also contact the KRP Director, Cary Pappas, at cary.pappas@uky.edu or 859-257-6118.

  • Two Kentucky Reading Project Teachers Recognized
    Thursday, November 10, 2011

    Two KRP Teachers have been honored at the State and National Level:

    • Elizabeth Ann Fuller, a third-grade reading and writing demonstration site teacher at Jefferson County’s J. B. Atkinson Academy, has been named Kentucky’s 2012 Elementary School Teacher of the Year. She serves as an instructional coach and has mentored students and student teachers at her school. Fuller was a member of the University of Louisville KRP cadre in 2007-2008. See full article

    • Rebekah Duncan, a teacher at McNabb Elementary School in Paducah, was awarded a $500 Wonderopolis mini-grant from the National Center for Family Literacy and Better World Books. These $500 mini-grants were awarded to 20 schools, libraries and community-based organizations that submitted innovative ideas for adopting and using Wonderopolis with the families in their existing programs. Duncan is currently participating in the Murray State KRP. See full article

  • New Research Periodical Ready for Release
    Monday, October 24, 2011

    The Collaborative Center for Literacy Development (CCLD) is implementing a new form of communication to its constituents about its work. The research office will be producing periodic “Research to Practice Briefs” highlighting CCLD’s work and issues related to literacy. The first issue is being disseminated during the month of October.

    Research Practice Briefs

  • Fourth Round of Funding for Small Research Grants
    Friday, September 2, 2011

    The Collaborative Center for Literacy Development (CCLD) is pleased to announce a fourth round of funding for Small Research Grants (up to $10,000) to advance the center’s research agenda for Kentucky. Grants will be awarded to faculty from Kentucky’s public universities who propose to study literacy issues consistent with the research agenda’s priority topics. Please disseminate the attached Request for Applications to any faculty member who might be interested in applying for a grant.

    CCLD is delighted to support the research of Kentucky scholars for the purpose of improving literacy policy and practice. Please contact Susan Cantrell if you have any questions about these grant programs.

    Research Agenda

    Request for Applications

  • Kentucky Leads On Common Core Standards
    Thursday, July 21, 2011

    Check out this video from Common Core 360 demonstrating the leadership role Kentucky is playing on implementation of education reform! CCLD has been integrally involved with the rollout of Senate Bill 1 and the new Kentucky Core Academic Standards (Kentucky's name for the Common Core Standards). For the past year, CCLD has played a leadership role in designing and conducting Senate Bill 1 rollout workshops for postsecondary faculty across the state to explain the new standards and assessments that will foster greater student literacy for college and career readiness. Go Kentucky!

  • CRIOP Book Released by Routledge
    Friday, July 1, 2011

    The Collaborative Center for Literacy Development (CCLD) is pleased to announce the publication of a new book highlighting the Culturally Responsive Instruction Observations Protocol (CRIOP), a framework for implementing culturally relevant literacy instruction and classroom observation, developed by CCLD and the Center for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CCRP).  The book, entitled Literacy for All Students: An Instructional Framework for Closing the Gap, draws on research and theory from multiple perspectives and provides practical classroom-based strategies for closing the achievement gap. The book is edited by Drs. Rebecca Powell and Elizabeth Rightmyer and is published by Routledge. [link to publisher's website]

  • Senate Bill 1 (2009) Postsecondary Workshop
    Friday, March 25, 2011

    Hopkinsville Community College
    Hopkinsville, KY

    http://kycorestandards.org/courses/courses.aspx

  • Kentucky Reading Project 2011-2012 Applications Available
    Friday, March 18, 2011

    In 2009, Senate Bill 1 called for major changes in Kentucky standards, testing, accountability, and professional development. The Collaborative Center for Literacy Development (CCLD), a partnership among the eight public universities and the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL), is offering a high quality professional development opportunity for elementary teachers (P-5) in literacy instruction based on a comprehensive literacy approach. The Kentucky Reading Project (KRP), a yearlong graduate-level course in reading instruction, addresses the requirements of Senate Bill 1.

    KRP consists of a two-week summer institute, four follow-up days during the year, including a statewide Share Fair held in March, and a coaching visit by a KRP Director. Each publicstate university serves as a site for KRP, and only 20 teachers are selected at each site. Teachers receive approximately $200 in books and materials, and the training may be taken for three hours graduate credit. 

    Since the inception of KRP in 1999, nearly 3,000 teachers have participated in KRP, representing 519 schools and 159 districts. These teachers have returned to their classrooms with increased knowledge, skills, and strategies that will help all students but particularly the struggling readers.

     

    Additional information regarding KRP can be accessed at:

    Kentucky Reading Project

    Please share this information with teachers and school districts with whom you work. The deadline for submitting an application is March 15, 2011.