Episode 38: Guest Host Rouzana Komesidou talks professional development with Drs. Laurie Lee, Marcia Kosanovich, & Kevin Smith

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Laurie Lee, Ed.D., Associate in Research, Florida State University

Marcia L. Kosanovich, Florida State University | FSU ·  Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR)
Ph.D.

Kevin Smith is currently the Alliance Manager of the Florida Career Readiness Research Alliance at the REL Southeast at Florida State University. He also is the Task Lead for training, coaching, and technical support activities for the REL Southeast. 

Guest Host 
Rouzana Komesidou, PhD,  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Rouzana Komesidou is a postdoctoral fellow and a project director on a longitudinal study funded by the NIH on children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and Dyslexia​

Resources
REL SE website

• IES Reading Skills Practice Guide
  • This has direct links to the PDF of the guide & related documents
  • If you wanted to directly link the guide, I believe this is it: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/wwc_foundationalreading_040717.pdf
  • This is a summarized version of the guide: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/practiceguide/wwc_found_reading_summary_051517.pdf
• Professional Learning Communities Facilitator’s Guide
• Professional Learning Community: Emergent Literacy (both participant & facilitator guides are linked on this page). 

PD referred to on podcast:

• Kosanovich, M., Phillips, B., & Willis, K. (2020). Professional Learning Community: Emergent Literacy–Modules 1– 4: Print Knowledge, Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, and Oral Language (REL 2020–021). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/elplc/plc_materials_intro.asp.
• Kosanovich, M. & Foorman, B. (2016). Professional Learning Communities for the What Works             Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Foundational Skills to Support Reading for            Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (REL 2016-227). Washington, DC:          U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory          Southeast. Retrieved from: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/plc.asp

 
Not mentioned on podcast, but may be useful:

• Supporting Your Child’s Reading at Home: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/foundations/index.asp
•  Dombek, J., Foorman, B., Garcia, M., Smith, K. (2016). Self-study guide for implementing early literacy interventions (REL 2016-129). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/REL_2016129.pdf. 
• Kosanovich, M., Lee, L. & Foorman, B. (2021). A Third Grade Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills (REL 2021-086). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs.
•  Kosanovich, M., Lee, L. & Foorman, B. (2021). A Second Grade Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills (REL 2021-053). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/REL_2021053.pdfttp://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs.
•  Kosanovich, M., Lee, L. & Foorman, B. (2020). A First Grade Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills (REL 2021-042). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/REL_2021042.pdf.
•  Kosanovich, M., Lee, L. and Foorman, B. (2020). A Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills (REL 2020-016). Washing­ton, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/REL_2020016.pdf
•  Developing Early Learning PLC infographic with embedded links to audio. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/infographics/pdf/REL_SE_Developing_Early_Literacy_Professional_Learning_Communities.pdf
•  Foorman, B. R., Smith, K. G., & Kosanovich, M. L. (2017). Rubric for evaluating reading/          language arts instructional materials for kindergarten to grade 5 (REL 2017–219). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences,           National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational      Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from             https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/REL_2017219.pdf .
•  Kosanovich, M., Smith, K., Hensley, T., Osborne-Lampkin, L., & Foorman, B. (2015). School     Leader’s Literacy Walkthrough for Grades K-3. Regional Educational Laboratory    Southeast at Florida State University. Retrieved from     https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED577453.pdf
•  Lee, L., Smith, K., Lancashire, H. (2020). Guide and checklists for a school leader’s​walkthrough during literacy instruction in grades 4-12 (REL 2020-018). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/REL_2020018.pdf.
•  Lee, L., Smith, K. (2020). Self-study guide for evidence-based coaching for literacy: PreK-grade 12 (REL 2021-062). Washington DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/REL_2021062.pdf.
•  Smith, K., Lee, L., Osborne-Lampkin, L., Rall, J. (2020). Self-study guide for evidence-based practices in adult literacy education (REL-2020-025). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/REL_2020025.pdf.
•  Smith, K., Dombek J, Foorman, B., Hook, K., Lee, L., Cote, A-M., Sanbabria, I, & Stafford, T.(2016). Self-study guide for implementing literacy interventions in grades 3-8 (REL 2016-224). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/REL_2016224.pdf.

• Smith, K., Dombek J, Foorman, B., Hook, K., Lee, L., Cote, A-M., Sanbabria, I, & Stafford, T. (2016). Self-study guide for implementing high school academic interventions (REL 2016-218). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/REL_2016218.pdf.

 

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