• Exploring Consistent Routines, Rituals, & Transitions
    | Ecosystem Element 3

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description:  This  session will dive into  Ecosystem Element 3: Consistent Routines, Rituals and Transitions.   The group will  review and explore  evidence of established routines, comforting rituals, and well-planned transitions […]

  • Setting the Stage with Oral Language

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description: The series will cover Oral Language.  It is required that leaders have completed Cox Campus coursework on these topics (or have completed similar professional development) prior to joining. […]

  • Nurturing Language: Viewing Children as Conversational Partners
    | Ecosystem Element 4

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description:  This element focuses on the support of children’s language development and comprehension. Oral language is made up of receptive (listening) and expressive (speaking) components. Long before they can express themselves, young children begin to understand what is being said. This is known as receptive language. Once they begin to say sounds, words, and […]

  • Reaching Children: Integrated Planning Around Anchor Books | Ecosystem Element 5

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description:  This session will explore integrated planning around anchor books and looks at the school/site’s efforts to develop curricular experiences integrated around a culturally preserving, developmentally-appropriate anchor book with repeated reads. In this approach, teachers plan and implement activities that connect with a selected book to extend learning throughout the day. Focus words and […]

  • Early Literacy and Explicit & Systematic Phonics Instruction

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description: The series will cover Early Literacy and Explicit & Systematic and Phonics Instruction.  It is required that leaders have completed Cox Campus coursework on these topics (or have completed similar professional development) prior to joining. Audience: This PLC is for district and school leaders with working knowledge of the science of reading and are currently […]

  • Supporting Fluent Readers Using POSSuM | Dr. Laura Rhinehart

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description:  This session will explore POSSuM  a mnemonic device  educators can utilize to to scaffold experiences linked to phonological, orthographic, semantic, syntactic, and morphological elements of words. Presented by Dr. Laura Rhinehart Dr. Laura Rhinehart is an Assistant Researcher at the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at the University of California, […]

  • A Focus on Emergent Literacy Skills | Ecosystem Element 6

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description:  This session will discuss element 6, Emergent Literacy Skills, which considers how teachers explicitly plan and provide curricular experiences and developmentally appropriate activities to support the development of early literacy skills. When there is a focus on emergent literacy, teachers promote children’s awareness of the sounds of language, recognition of letters, development of […]

  • Understanding Children Through Observation & Progress Monitoring | Ecosystem Element 7

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description: This session will discuss policies and practices for monitoring children’s developmental progress in all areas (with a focus on language and literacy). Following a cyclical process relying heavily on observation, and with expected child outcomes in mind, teachers collect information, reflect on where children are in their development, and use their findings to […]

  • Supporting Fluency

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description: The series will cover  Fluency Instruction.  It is required that leaders have completed Cox Campus coursework on these topics (or have completed similar professional development) prior to joining. Audience: This PLC is for district and school leaders with working knowledge of the science of reading and are currently implementing structured literacy practices in […]

  • Intentional Supports for Dual Language Learners
    | Ecosystem Element 8

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description: This session will explore the Ecosystem Element 8, which focuses on intentional supports for DLL learners.  Dual Language Learners (DLLs) or emergent bilinguals, are children learning and developing in […]

  • From Language Comprehension to Reading Comprehension | Dr. Laura Justice

    Cox Campus | Yearlong Learning Journey Webinar

    Session Description:  This session will dive into the topic of  Language comprehension and the transition to reading comprehension.   Explore development approaches and best practices in teaching.   Dr. Laura Justice, PhD  Dr. Justice’s research primarily focuses on young children who exhibit developmental vulnerabilities in language and literacy acquisition. Much of her research considers the effects of […]