DALLAS, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Voyager Expanded Learning(R) announced
today the release of a new VoyagerU(R) professional development course,
called "Getting Reading Results: A Continuous Improvement Process." The
latest course helps kindergarten through eighth-grade teachers better
understand how to use assessments to identify students who struggle to read
and target instruction to fit student needs.
The third course in the VoyagerU professional development series,
"Getting Reading Results" complements and builds upon the foundational
learning teachers receive through the first two courses of the program,
"The Reading Academy and Reading for Understanding." The new course focuses
on assessment tools and instructional strategies to help teachers develop
the skills necessary to identify student needs and deliver effective
data-driven instruction tailored to each student's current reading level.
"Getting Reading Results" uses student outcome data to guide
professional development by examining instructional practices, curriculum
materials and assessment results to meet the instructional needs of
students and to plan and execute effective classroom-based instructional
decisions. The organizing principle of the course is that teachers must
create an instructional program that responds to the skill development of
each learner to meet the needs of all students in a class.
During the course, participants complete four learning modules: Initial
Planning, Implementation Phase I, Implementation Phase II and Small-Group
Instruction. These targeted modules teach teachers the skills they need to
effectively break down tasks using quantitative assessments and ultimately
develop productive and successful small-group instruction.
"'Getting Reading Results' was developed with a learning path that
integrates into teachers' workflow over time. Teachers build mastery
through a learn-by-doing approach and receive measuring and teaching
activities throughout the program," says Warren Anderson, vice president of
eTraining Solutions for Voyager.
The course combines the use of online instruction, classroom
application and coach support to further increase the professional
development of the teacher. Participants learn a variety of instructional
components while differentiating their own learning path.
Supporting course learning activities is a Content Reference System
(CRS), an interactive online resource that gives learners access to
research-based foundational content covering the "Five Big Ideas of Reading
and Student Motivation." Through CRS, participants can access video,
reading, activities and sample lesson material to add to their knowledge
base.
More than 1,200 teachers and reading coaches in approximately 100
schools across Oklahoma, North Carolina and Tennessee are already
participating in the new course.
About Voyager Expanded Learning
Voyager Expanded Learning provides core, intervention and supplemental
reading programs, as well as math intervention and ongoing professional
development programs, for school districts throughout the United States.
Founded in 1994, Voyager has delivered extended-time reading and basic
skills intervention programs, and large-scale reading programs to more than
900 school districts in cities such as Dallas, Phoenix, New York,
Philadelphia and Los Angeles, resulting in dramatically improved student
performance. Voyager Expanded Learning, L.P. is part of ProQuest Education,
a business segment of ProQuest Company, which is based in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. For more information, please visit http://www.voyagerlearning.com
or call 1-888-399-1995.
SOURCE Voyager Expanded Learning
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CONTACT:
Media: Shannan Walsh of Voyager Expanded
Learning, +1-888-399-1995, ext. 9476, swalsh@voyagerlearning.com
; or Investor Contact: Jennifer Chelune, Investor Relations
Manager of ProQuest Company, +1-734-997-4910,
jennifer.chelune@proquest.com
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