Five Steps to Changing Reading Outcomes for Middle School Students

Dr. Jason DeHart has been helping older readers overcome literacy challenges and become proficient readers, leading them to success across curriculum and beyond. Join us for Dr. DeHart’s engaging presentation, which will focus on five essential steps you need to emphasize to help middle school students who might be struggling to read at grade level.

You’ll learn about new ideas and strategies, all of which are flexible enough to be adapted to meet a variety of student needs, and stem from a teacher and researcher whose work has been centered around solving the mystery of how to help older readers further develop literacy.

You’ll leave this presentation with a new understanding of how to help older readers who struggle. Dr. DeHart will discuss:

• How To Make the Most Meaningful Use of Data—Emphasizing both the summative and formative data collected in the classroom
• Setting Stellar Goals—Advocating for the concept of growth for all, including those at the top and who have much growing to do
• Practice What We Know—Using science of reading research and strategies in teaching, including a focus on authentic reading activities, a knowledge of the process, and specific strategies that work (graphic organizers, annotations, etc.)
• Celebrate the Milestones—Why building a culture of celebration of students and of the written word, including publishing as a class, connecting with authors, and connecting in the literacy community, is essential to engagement and helping students feel that they are not working in isolation

We hope you’ll join us!