Workshops for Preparing a Program Report for IRA/NCATE

All those who are preparing program reports for submission to IRA/NCATE are strongly encouraged to attend an upcoming workshop in program preparation. Program submitters will learn about the IRA standards, review model assessments, rubrics, and scoring guides, talk with program reviewers, and learn about the most recent developments from NCATE. Institutions that send representatives to these workshops, have an increased opportunity for National Recognition on the first submission. These workshops are held in conjunction with IRA’s program reviewers.

• International Reading Association, Chicago, IL, Sunday, April 29, 2012. Registration opens for IRA members on December 1 at www.reading.org.
• Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, Grand Rapids, MI, Saturday, November 3, 2012.  

The following resources are available to download:

Standards for Reading Professionals - Revised 2010

• Sample Reading Specialist Practicum Description
• Sample Reading Specialist Practicum Rubric
• Sample Assessment #5 - Impact on student learning
• Sample Assessment #6 - Leadership assignment

Standards for Reading Professionals—Revised 2003

• Sample assignment to be assessed
• Sample rubric for scoring the assignment
• Sample data table summarizing candidate achievement
• Sample student study assessment
• Sample student study rubric
• Sample assessment and instruction project
• Sample assessment and instruction project rubric
• Model for Assessment #1 - New York State alignment with IRA Standards.
  Reprinted by permission of Iona College
• Model for Assessment #5 - Effects on student learning at the reading specialist/literacy coach level

Other Resources

• IRA Guidelines for Program Writers and Reviewers is a guidebook to support both program writers and reviewers.  The guidebook is only available as an online publication and is updated to reflect changes to the program.
• Sample section 1 of program report
• Sample section1 attachments
• Suggestions for coaching
• NCATE's SPA Assessment Library

See also:

• Shaw, M.L. (2009). Teaching and empowering reading specialists to be literacy coaches: Vision, passion, communication and collaboration. New England Reading Association Journal, Vol. 45 (1). 7-18.
• Shaw, M.L. (September 2007). Preparing reading specialists to be literacy coaches: Principles, practices, possibilities. Journal of Language and Literacy Education 3 (1), 6–17.
• Purchase Preparing Reading Professionals: A Collection From the International Reading Association

Finally, this site offers numerous resources related to teacher education, reflecting the Association’s commitment to outstanding preparation of teachers. Find a summary of initiatives and links to online resources in the Resources by Topic: Teacher Education area.