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The Strategic Learning Center (SLC) has developed several tools to support schools in establishing the components of Content Literacy Continuum. These tools are valuable resources for SIM Professional Developers and for teachers and administrators in the quest to improve literacy and achievement for all students.

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Content Enhancement Supplement for Elective Courses: Disipline-Specific Supplements for the Content Enhancement Seriers

Filled with research from the field and well-designed examples, these supplements will help content teachers make the most of Content Enhancement.

The Discipline-Specific Supplements are designed to complement the Strategic Instruction Model Content Enhancement guidebooks. These books provide SIM professional developers and content teachers valuable information and materials to support the Content Enhancement Routines.

This new supplement has been created to support Elective courses, including PE/Health, Technology and Business, Industrial Technology, Foreign Language, Family and Consumer Sciences, and the Arts (Art, Music and Drama.) These content-specific materials and examples include the following:

Lists of courses and information about the kinds of elective courses typically offered in each area
National standards for the course (if national standards have been adopted)
Concepts - big ideas - for the courses
Information about text structure, knowledge structures, and ways of thinking for the courses
Examples of integrated courses and units with Content Enhancement devices created and vetted by teachers who teach the courses
Information about assessment and examples of assessments (tests, projects, and other types of assessments) that would demonstrate student knowledge and skills
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English/Language Arts Content Enhancement Supplements

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*Special Pricing for Certified SIM Professionals

Enhancing Content Enhancement: Discipline-Specific Supplements for the Content Enhancement Series

Filled with research from the field and well-designed examples, these supplements will help content teachers make the most of Content Enhancement.

Supplements have been created to support the four major core content areas: math, social studies, science, and English/language arts. These content-specific materials and examples include the following:

Lists of courses and information about the kinds of courses typically offered in the given content area
National standards for the content area
Concepts – big ideas – from the content area
Information about text structure, knowledge structures, and ways of thinking for the content area
Examples of integrated courses and units with Content Enhancement devices created and vetted by content teachers
Information about assessment and examples of assessments (tests, projects, and other types of assessments) that would demonstrate student knowledge
CD ALSO INCLUDED IN PRICE

Mathematics Content Enhancement Supplements

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*Special Pricing for Certified SIM Professionals

Enhancing Content Enhancement: Discipline-Specific Supplements for the Content Enhancement Series

Filled with research from the field and well-designed examples, these supplements will help content teachers make the most of Content Enhancement.

Lists of courses and information about the kinds of courses typically offered in the given content area
National standards for the content area
Concepts – big ideas – from the content area
Information about text structure, knowledge structures, and ways of thinking for the content area
Examples of integrated courses and units with Content Enhancement devices created and vetted by content teachers
Information about assessment and examples of assessments (tests, projects, and other types of assessments) that would demonstrate student knowledge
CD ALSO INCLUDED IN PRICE

Science Content Enhancement Supplements

$30.00*

*Special Pricing for Certified SIM Professionals

Enhancing Content Enhancement: Discipline-Specific Supplements for the Content Enhancement Series

Filled with research from the field and well-designed examples, these supplements will help content teachers make the most of Content Enhancement.

Lists of courses and information about the kinds of courses typically offered in the given content area
National standards for the content area
Concepts – big ideas – from the content area
Information about text structure, knowledge structures, and ways of thinking for the content area
Examples of integrated courses and units with Content Enhancement devices created and vetted by content teachers
Information about assessment and examples of assessments (tests, projects, and other types of assessments) that would demonstrate student knowledge
CD ALSO INCLUDED IN PRICE

Social Studies Content Enhancement Supplements

$30.00*

*Special Pricing for Certified SIM Professionals

Enhancing Content Enhancement: Discipline-Specific Supplements for the Content Enhancement Series

Filled with research from the field and well-designed examples, these supplements will help content teachers make the most of Content Enhancement.

Lists of courses and information about the kinds of courses typically offered in the given content area
National standards for the content area
Concepts – big ideas – from the content area
Information about text structure, knowledge structures, and ways of thinking for the content area
Examples of integrated courses and units with Content Enhancement devices created and vetted by content teachers
Information about assessment and examples of assessments (tests, projects, and other types of assessments) that would demonstrate student knowledge
CD ALSO INCLUDED IN PRICE

Content Literacy Continuum Guidebook

$50.00

The Content Literacy Continuum (CLC) Leaders Guidebook

A research-based, practical guide that gives leaders the tools to promote school-wide literacy improvement in schools and districts.

The CLC Leaders Guidebook is a practical, step-by-step guide for adopting the CLC framework. Designed for administrators and literacy leadership teams, the guidebook outlines how to lead a school-wide literacy improvement effort, including:

research and practice – based on research about organizational, school change, adolescent literacy, and leadership as well as the experiences of school and district leaders who have successfully led CLC efforts
easy to read chapters, organized to lead schools from choosing the right model through sustaining a school-wide improvement effort
information in each section for navigating the change process, an appendix of additional information, as well as examples
tools for each step, including tools for data collection and analysis, problem-solving, building a case for improvement, creating a literacy vision, conducting walk-throughs as well as tools for other essential processes

Based on John Kotter's research on organizational change from the business world and the National Association of Secondary School Principals’ suggestions from the education world, the guidebook assists school and district leaders in developing a school-wide framework of interventions that will ensure that all students learn.