The Mississippi Department of Education is offering AIM Institute for Learning and Research’s Pathways Professional Development courses during the 2022-2023 school year. AIM Pathways professional development will assist teachers and leaders in furthering their ability to apply the Science of Reading, while supporting Mississippi’s mission to prepare students to compete in a global community. AIM Pathways will offer two hybrid courses that are customized for Mississippi teachers and leaders that include asynchronous learning as well as two in-person training sessions with experienced AIM facilitators.
The MDE has worked diligently to build teacher content knowledge of the Science of Reading (SoR) through its statewide literacy professional development training – Language Essentials for Teaching Reading and Spelling (LETRS). AIM’s Pathways to Proficient Reading and Pathways to Literacy Leadership courses continue this training on the SoR and how teachers can apply that learning in the classroom to build strong readers.
Science of Reading Courses:
- Pathways to Proficient Reading for Teachers will provide educators access to resources for application-based classroom practices to support strong, proficient readers through the Science of Reading. (Designed for K-5 general education teachers and K-8 special education teachers)
- Pathways for Literacy Leadership will provide educational leaders with tools and resources to create and implement a comprehensive literacy plan for their schools and develop administrators’ understanding of the classroom application of the science of reading. (Designed for educational leaders)
Pathways to Proficient Reading – Teacher’s Next Step Literacy Training for Classroom Application – 2022-2023 Hybrid Course runs Aug. 1, 2022– April 10, 2023
Take the next step in your literacy training with AIM Pathways to Proficient Reading to transfer your knowledge into classroom practice. This 30-hour tailored hybrid course, through North MS Education Consortium (NMEC), provides teachers with downloadable classroom resources, tools, and supports to apply and implement explicit literacy instruction into classroom practice.
This course includes asynchronous online training and two in-person sessions to support strong, proficient readers through the Science of Reading.
Teacher participants will:
- Acquire knowledge through hundreds of learning tools including articles, teacher classroom videos, animations, and videos of experts in the field in 14 asynchronous learning sections.
- Practice with specially designed interactive activities and downloadable resources to help them translate their new knowledge into instructional practice.
- Demonstrate understanding of the content by applying their new knowledge to real life classroom scenarios via multi-step student case studies.
- Benefit from in-person and virtual coaching sessions with AIM facilitators to support knowledge acquisition and classroom implementation.
- Receive 3.0 CEUs upon course completion.
- Be eligible for 3 graduate credits through Arcadia University for successful completion of the course.
- Have access to the online course for 12 months to review and refer to for continued implementation support.
For course registration and more information about AIM Pathways cohort options based on location and date(s) of in person training (in November 2022 and April 2023), use the following link: https://institute.aimpa.org/aim-pathways/aim-pathways-landing-pages/mississippi
Questions?
Registration: Susan Scott, North MS Education Consortium, sscott@olemiss.edu
General Information: Kristen Wynn, State Literacy Director, kwells@mdek12.org
Pathways to Literacy Leadership– Educational Leaders Next Steps for the Development and Implementation of a Literacy Plan – 2022-2023 Hybrid Course runs Aug. 1, 2022– April 1, 2023
Take the next step in your literacy training with AIM Pathways to Literacy Leadership and create and implement a literacy plan in your school. This 30-hour tailored hybrid course, through North MS Education Consortium (NMEC), is designed specifically for education leaders and is grounded in implementation science. Participants will learn how to advance literacy evidence-based instruction into all classrooms with asynchronous online coursework that is supported by two Virtual Community of Practice Sessions and two in-person sessions where you will build and customize a literacy plan for your school. Become a literacy leader and support your teachers as they implement their literacy practice to support strong, proficient readers through the Science of Reading.
Educational leader participants will:
- Acquire knowledge through hundreds of learning tools including articles, teacher classroom videos, animations, and videos of experts in the field.
- Practice with specially designed interactive activities and downloadable resources to help translate new knowledge into instructional practice.
- Create a literacy plan for their school and learn how to support teachers in implementing new instruction in the classroom.
- Benefit from in-person and virtual coaching sessions with AIM facilitators to support knowledge acquisition and classroom implementation.
- Receive 3.0 CEUs, 20 SEMIs, or 2 OSLs upon course completion.
- Be eligible for 3 graduate credits through Arcadia University for successful completion of the course.
- Have access to the online course for 12 months to review and refer to for continued implementation support.
For course registration and more information about AIM Pathways cohort options based on location and date(s) of in person training (in November 2023 and April 2023), use the following link: https://institute.aimpa.org/aim-pathways/aim-pathways-landing-pages/mississippi
Questions?
Registration: Susan Scott, North MS Education Consortium, sscott@olemiss.edu
General Information: Kristen Wynn, State Literacy Director, kwells@mdek12.org