TRT Podcast #211: Why implementation is the missing piece – with Justin Browning
Implementation specialist Justin Browning joins me to discuss the challenges of implementation, the importance of strong leadership, and what really matters for lasting change.
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Resources mentioned in this episode
- Cox Campus’s Literacy & Justice for All birth to literacy resources
- Curriculum evaluation tools from The Reading League
- Science of Reading: Defining Guide from The Reading League
- Science of Reading 2.0: Implementation Made Easy from 95% Group
- Laura Stewart’s e-book, The Courage to Lead Literacy
Get in touch with Justin
- Justin’s SoR for More website
- Justin’s email: justin@sorformore.com
Additional resources Justin recommends
- Options for Evaluation of MTSS in Reading Instruction:
- Article on Georgia Officials are Changing How Students Learn to Read
- Principals Have a Lead Role in the ‘Science of Reading.’ Are They Ready? article with Education Week
- Report from Wallace on How Principals Affect Students and Schools
- Additional recommendations
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Danielle 'Nell' Thompson
Thank you for showcasing Justin, his wisdom, his real life story, and his passion to do what each school needs to elevate this work. It’s hard but it’s worth doing. YES! The greatest prize in life is doing work that is worth doing (T.R)! This podcast will help so many in taking continued steps towards soaring / SORing to success. BRAVO!
Anna Geiger
Thank you so much for listening and sharing your thoughts, Nell! I hear so many wonderful things about what you’re doing for literacy – so thank you! I look forward to meeting you in person – perhaps at Wyoming this summer!
Adel Otto
I was very intrigued by Justin’s idea for getting to the heart of the matter by asking leaders, principals and teachers to use an index card and taking three minutes to articulate how to get a child to read (with evidence based practices). Does Justin have an example of that? Anna, what would you put on your index card?
I love each podcast as I come away thinking deeply about literacy work.
Anna Geiger
If I had to do this quickly in three minutes I think it would look something like this: I would systematically and explicitly teach phonemic awareness and phonics so that children learn to read words accurately and automatically. As I taught decoding, I would also teach encoding and incorporate morphology instruction. I would also, and simultaneously, explicitly teach vocabulary words, syntax, and language comprehension through read alouds and, eventually, the reading of grade-level text. I would teach all this within a system that used assessment data to determine specific needs of students; I would meet those needs through both whole and small group instruction.
Adel Otto
Thank you so much. That helps me fine tune my own response.