Course Description

• An asynchronous Book Study for Erickson and Koppenhaver’s new book, Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read and Write can help us as educators to teach ALL students to read and write.  In this book study, we will cover all 4 sections of the book-Core Understanding, Building a Foundation for Literacy, Learning to Read and Write and Implementation. After each chapter, we will have asynchronous group discussions and reflection questions via Canvas. This will be a community for open discussions, sharing ideas and asking questions.  The course will take place on canvas and we will offer 2 virtual- Google Meets/ in person after Chapter 6 and Chapter 12 to discuss the book and share ideas.   We encourage school teams to participate together, such the SSN teacher and related service providers. Each SSN program will receive 1 book for their SSN program.  Personal copies of the book can be purchased from Amazon. CLICK hereLinks to an external site. 
• Type of Course: Blended
• Lead Learner (Facilitator): Sara Rode | Robin Carmack | Cindy Stephenson
• Credit(s) and Type: 15 Hours-Relicensure

 Target Audience

• SSN Teachers and Related Service Providers 
• Open to Substitute Teachers =  Not at this time
• Open to Student Teachers = Yes, if part of an SSN team
• Open to Charter School Staff =  Not at this time

Timeline Overview

• Start date of course content: September 1, 2021
• End date of course content: December 19, 2021
• In-Person or Virtual meeting dates (blended):

Outcomes

Participants will: 

• Discover 10 success factors for helping students with significant disabilities become literate
• Engage and motivate students to make literacy instruction meaningful to their everyday lives
• Teach emergent readers and writers, with evidence-based strategies for shared and independent reading, early writing instruction, and alphabetic and phonological awareness