The USBE is collaborating with Kim St. Martin to offer this year's Literacy Leadership Institute for 6-12 principals and instructional coaches. Dr. Kimberly St. Martin currently serves as the Assistant Director of Michigan’s Integrated Behavior Learning Support Initiative (MIBLSI) and Co-Director of the MIBLSI Promoting Adolescent Reading Success (PARS) Project. Prior to her current appointment, Dr. St. Martin was a school administrator and teacher with experience in urban, urban-fringe, and rural school districts. She works regularly with State Education Agencies, Regional Education Agencies (REAs), and districts across the country to assist them in the successful use of an implementation infrastructure that can scale the components of an integrated behavior and reading Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) model. Dr. St. Martin is the lead author of the Reading Tiered Fidelity Inventory (R-TFI) Elementary and Secondary Editions; measures designed to assist elementary and secondary school teams in the installation and on-going use of the reading components of an MTSS model. In addition, she has collaborated with the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) in the development of implementation capacity assessments at the regional and local district levels that are available for national use.
This 4-day literacy institute is focused on creating the systems and structures that increase literacy outcomes and provide the school-wide organization that ensures an appropriate and improved MTSS educational framework for all students. By putting these systems in place, the job of the principal, coach, and teacher leader transforms from reactive to becoming a high-quality instructional leader.
The Secondary Schools Institute will consist of 2, 2-day sessions (total of four days) from 9-4 each day.
Each session of the institute will be held in the Salt Lake Area (specific locations TBD). Participants will be responsible for their own meals, mileage, and lodging. There is no cost for this institute.
Dates for Secondary Level Literacy Leadership Institute: October 2-3, 2019 and February 5-6, 2020. To register, please use the following form: https://forms.gle/jwZqCNi7kyM3Gmsu5
If you have any questions, please contact Garret Rose at garret.rose@schools.utah.gov