MESD Early Literacy Network
Supporting educators in the science of reading
January/February 2024
The MESD Early Literacy Network (ELN) is back for 2024! This edition provides a 5-minute professional development (PD) with frameworks to help you begin to analyze your middle of the year (MOY) literacy universal screening benchmark data. Feel free to use the recording or slide deck within your school or district setting.
Coming up for this second half of the school year, this newsletter will drop a 5-minute PD on Language Comprehension into your inbox at the end of each month.
Prefer to listen? Check out this literacy podcast library from The Measured Mom!
Local Opportunities and Resources
Explore resources and research within The Reading League's COMPASS
Reading science resources for:
English Learners/Emergent Bilinguals - Educators/Specialists - Educator Prep Programs - Administrators - Policymakers/State Agencies
The RIGHT TO READ is having a FREE Screening online February 1st
If you haven't had a chance to view this film yet, it is a must see for 2024.
Upcoming MESD opportunities
School Improvement Offerings Across Many Subject Areas
- Click here for Empathy Interview 2-part professional learning series (Feb 20 & March 5)
- NEW! Social Science Meet Up with our new colleague, Dr. Brad Parker!
- Math - Building Thinking Classrooms with with Dr. Peter Liljedahl on March 2, 2024. This 2-hour workshop is brought to you by the Clackamas+Multnomah ESD Math Partnership and Multnomah-Clackamas Regional Educator Network (MCREN). Check out our flyer and Register here.
Virtual PD Series (2/6 with Jen Jump and 4/16 with Jim Cummins)
Learn more - click here for FLYER
Authentic Opportunities to Build English Language Proficiency
Presented by Jen Jump, 2/6 4:15 - 5:30 PM on zoom
Multilingual Learners Thrive in Language-Friendly Schools: Instructional Strategies to Promote Literacy, Identity Affirmation, and Academic Success
Presented by Jim Cummins, 4/16 4:15 - 5:30 PM on zoom
Explore Resources from Oregon's Department of Education
Stay up to date...
Click here to sign up for ODE's new K-5 ELA newsletter
Check out ODE's NEW! K-5 Learning Standards webpage
ODE Writing Scoring Training Resources available for using for ESD/District/School PD presentations/training.
Get paid to hand score with ODE! ELA and Math Summative Test Scoring Recruitment. Apply by February 13th. Questions? Email tony.bertrand@ode.oregon.gov
Find your district and school in Oregon's Statewide Report Card
Did you know ODE has a monthly Social Science Newsletter?
NEW! Oregon Literacy Leaders' Network -
Gather with literacy educators and leaders from across the state, on zoom, the second Thursday of every month from 3:30-4:30 PM. Registration is required.
You are invited to the Oregon Literacy Leaders' Network! (LLN)
Mission: To build a literate society of readers, writers, thinkers, and listeners
Purpose: The goal of the LLN is to build a diverse community of literacy practitioners working together to share inclusive literacy practices that align to the needs of all students.
Questions? Please contact Tina Roberts: Tina.Roberts@ode.oregon.gov
The goal of this network is to help you stay up to date on the vast body of research contributing to the science of reading without needing to add another meeting to your calendar. All newsletter contents are shared to generate awareness of resources, local opportunities, and provide professional learning. Archived newsletters are available on the MESD Early Literacy Webpage. If you know someone who would like to be added to this newsletter have them subscribe here!