Providing Individual Solutions for Secondary Students

^PWImpact Fidelity is a web-based professional development community that incorporates member schools into our Education Integration (EIT) made up of curriculum experts, teaching experts, and practitioner consultants.

The EIT functions as an extension of the leadership and faculty of participating schools to create customized, practical solutions to raise student achivement.

Includes:

CUSTOMIZED INSTRUCTION

■ Customized school achievement plan monitored throughout the school year

■ Specific strategies to address weaknesses or gaps in current instruction

■ Standards-targeted solutions tailored for areas of student need

■ Progress monitoring to track student needs and achievement

■ Lower-level, high-interest articles (Lexile range of 400-600) and comprehension questions

DIFFERENTIATED ASSESSMENTS

■ Customized assessments addressing specific areas of student need

■ reading

■ writing

■ analyzing data

■ vocabulary

■ Multiple levels of assessments

SUPPORT

■ Personalized group page for each participating school

■ Community pages for discussion of best practices and successes

■ Proactive solutions to immediately diagnose and address academic needs

■ Recommendations on how to use the ^PWImpact! content

■ Access to online chat with the EIT

■ Reading strategies unique to the school needs

ONLINE TRAINING MODULES

To help teachers most effectively use the ^PWImpact! books with their students, thus ensuring fidelity of implementation. Training module topics include the following:

■ Overview of a Unit

■ Using the High-Interest Article

■ Supporting the High-Interest Article with the Reading Instructional Guide

■ Utilizing Reading Strategies

■ Why Do We Need “Interpreting the Data”?

■ Supporting Technical Reading Using the Reading Instructional Guide

■ The Technical Extension

■ Connecting the Vocational Extension and Ethical Dilemma

■ Vocabulary and Authentic Assessments

■ Using PWImpact! with Students Who Receive Tier 2 Instruction

■ How to Deal with Ethical Issues in the Classroom

■ Step-by-Step Through a ^PWImpact! Unit

TEACHER SUPPORT TOOLS

■ Fluency Package – Test and track fluency as students progress through ^PWImpact!

■ Pacing Guides – Explore ways PWImpact! can be used in various classroom settings

■ Word Recognition Assessments – Monitor and track ability to recognize and sound out words

■ Progress Monitoring Sheets – Track student progress with progress monitoring sheets for fluency, word recognition, comprehension, and vocabulary assessments