The Stern Center for Language and Learning is a Keys to Literacy partner. This partnership provides Keys to Literacy professional development services to our local school districts and individuals.

Keys to Literacy Professional Development: Focusing on Grades 4-12

Keys to Literacy, founded by Joan Sedita, is based in Danvers, MA. Keys to Literacy professional development equips teachers in grades 4-12 to provide instruction in comprehension, vocabulary, and study strategies that is integrated into content classroom curriculum. Keys to Literacy also offers assistance with school-wide literacy planning for grades 4-12. For more information about Keys to Literacy visit www.keystoliteracy.net.

The initiation of the Keys to Literacy Stern Center for Language and Learning partnership begins with the following offering:

The Key Three Routine: Comprehension Strategies
Combines reading/listening comprehension, writing, and study strategies into a classroom routine that is consistent from class to class and grade to grade. The program emphasizes the integration of these strategies using existing content teaching materials (e.g., textbooks) in any content area (e.g., science, history, math, English language arts). Three foundational skills (main idea, note taking, and summarizing) are combined into five activities that are used before, during, and after reading. The activities include using a top-down topic web, turning main ideas into questions, taking two-column notes, and generating summaries. Professional development includes:

• initial training: 2 days (or 12 hours)
• follow-up, small-group meetings scheduled every 4 to 6 weeks after initial training
• building-based coach(es) training: 2 days initial training, plus 1 day follow-up meeting

On-Site, Inservice Keys to Literacy Training offered by the Stern Center for Language and Learning

The Key Three Routine:
Comprehension Strategies
Two-Day Initial Training
Course #, Date, Location
KTR1, June 16, 17, 2008
Capitol Plaza, Montpelier, VT
Instructor: Joan Sedita, author of
The Key Three Routine
Time: 8:30am-4:00pm
Cost: $350