| Roundtable: Applying Guskey's Model to a Reading Professional Development Program for K-3 Teachers |
| Roundtable Presentation 423 to be held in Jefferson Room on Thursday, November 8, 3:35 PM to 5:05 PM |
| Presenter(s): |
| Rolanda Bell, Arizona Department of Education, rbell@ade.az.gov |
| Brian O'Connell, Arizona Department of Education, brian.o'connell@azed.gov |
| Allison Larsen, Arizona State University, allisonlarsen22@yahoo.com |
| Abstract: In an effort to promote effective research based instructional strategies for reading, Arizona teachers were afforded the opportunity to participate in either an online or an instructor led professional development program for reading. A mixed-methods evaluation investigated the impact of these programs on student learning and teachers' use of instructional strategies in the following reading components: phonic/phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency. The results indicated that the mode of delivery did not significantly impact teachers' use of the various instructional strategies; however, the students enrolled in the classrooms of teachers participating in the instructor led professional development program obtained significantly higher scores on the state assessment in reading. |