Teachers Explore New Methods for Teaching Literacy in Long Island Schools
Sachem School District teachers completed another professional development activity thanks to the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. The program is called the Strategic Instructional Model (SIM) and looks at how teachers can improve literacy in low performing adolescents
The Strategic Instructional Model
Developed over 25 years of research, SIM works to help teachers recognize what lessons are of greatest importance and target those lessons towards a diverse group of learners. SIM rests on four philosophical principles:
-> Low proficiency students can be taught in mainstream classrooms.
-> Teachers aides, or support teachers, should concentrate on helping students develop learning strategies.
-> Subject teachers should organize their lessons so that the material can be understood and remembered by low proficiency students.
-> The students should be actively involved in deciding how to learn new strategies.
SIM works on two levels, one addressing the needs of the teacher and the other addressing the needs of the student. For...
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