Homing In On Student Reading

Photo courtesy of the South Central School District

As part of ongoing professional development in the South Country School District, Bellport Middle School and High School ELA teachers and media specialists participated in a four-day educational session facilitated by Laurie Burke, a staff developer with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. During the program, the grade 7-12 educators worked on honing students’ skills in critical reading, literary conversations and investigating books as agents of social change.