The DSC Way
7 hours 28 min ago
from Lyndsey Williams
Some of you may remember a question that I shared a few months ago regarding assessment from a teacher named Michelle in Port au Prince, Haiti. Michelle is working with one of our consultants to implement Making Meaning®, Being a Writer™ and Individualized Daily Reading (IDR) in grades K–3. In an email to Developmental Studies...
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1 day 5 hours ago
from Megan Green
Stories can provide inspiration to folks just getting started with a program, as well as to those who might be looking for different ways to work with kids after school.
Share your story with us! You’ll get a coupon for $50 off your next purchase of materials from Developmental Studies Center if you write a story about a success you had...
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5 days 5 hours ago
from Emily Dauber
The past four years at Developmental Studies Center (DSC) have provided me with several opportunities to plan, attend, follow up, avert crises, and share the love at rep-hosted invitationals and professional development sessions. These events are undoubtedly one of the best parts of my job; but, as with many things in life, even the most exciting...
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6 days 3 hours ago
from Megan Green
One of Developmental Studies Center's most important program principles is to create a caring community of learners. The programs from DSC are designed to create communities and thereby to provide the close relationships that are prerequisites to learning, and the experience of supporting and being supported by the community’s other...
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1 week 16 hours ago
from Peter Brunn
Last night we had our second meeting with a cohort of teachers who are engaged in a research project with our Being a Writer program in Clark County, NV (Las Vegas). The focus of this particular meeting was on how we can better support peer partnerships in our writing instruction. I was impressed with the work and thinking that went on, so I...
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1 week 1 day ago
from Isabel McLean
A good friend from Alabama sent me a present in the mail the other day—Peter Johnston’s new book: Opening Minds: Using Language to Change Lives. I don’t think I have ever met him, although in graduate school I worked closely with a professor who was a friend of his and I had always hoped for the chance to be introduced. Sadly,...
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1 week 6 days ago
from Samantha Johnson
Chicago, here we come!
Administrators, literacy leaders, and school leadership teams are invited to join us to think about transforming instruction in the age of Common Core. The Innovation in Education Conference will provide you with outstanding content about planning and teaching what matters.
At the conference, you will:
Make an inspired plan...
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2 weeks 2 hours ago
from Peter Brunn
This week the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals and DSC partnered to put on a mini-conference on leading learning communities. I gave the keynote sessons. Sue Wilder, Isabel McLean, and Linda Rourke did small-group sessions, and we had a panel of school leaders close our day by sharing their experiences working with us on lesson...
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2 weeks 7 hours ago
from Gina Zugelder
Astatula Elementary School is in their second year of implementation of the SIPPS program. They selected SIPPS to support their most struggling readers in 1st through 5th grade during their intervention block.
The Astatula teachers that provide the SIPPS instruction share some of their “implementation stories”…
I...
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2 weeks 1 day ago
from Megan Green
A program can only be as a good as the person facilitating it with the children. The Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) does such a great job of outlining the important skills and qualities of a successful leader as well as the importance of training and use of volunteers. These learnings are specific to AfterSchool KidzLit, but certainly...
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