ULEAD Webinar Events
ULEAD hosts webinars to foster collaborative conversations around various topics and successful practices. These webinars bring together practitioners, researchers, and experts. To learn about and register for upcoming webinars, visit the events page and subscribe to our mailing list.
Read the ULEAD Supporting the Science of Reading: Instructional Design Clarity report from Jake Downs and Utah State University.
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Supporting the Science of Reading: September 2024 |
Related Links and Resources
USBE Elementary Language Arts Webpage
S.B. 127 Early Literacy Outcomes Improvement, 2022 (Utah State Legislature)
English Language Arts Elementary (UEN)
The English Language Arts learning hub hosted on UEN is a repository of vetted materials
to support Utah educators in their implementation of the Science of Reading and literacy
standards. It includes several collections such as the teacher, school leader, coach, and parent resources collections.
LETRS Application of Concepts Videos (UEN)
The UEN Learning Hub also features over 40 short classroom videos showing the application
of LETRS concepts being taught in Utah classrooms developed in coordination with ULEAD
and USBE.
Related Reports
A related report on Effective First Grade Literacy Teams from the BYU-Public School Partnership is also available.
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Effective First Grade Literacy Teaching Teams September 2024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | FULL REPORT
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A one page overview of the key research, practices, and takeaways from each theme is provided to aid in report comprehension. Click the link below each brief to download.
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Read the ULEAD Attendance Strategies report from Utah Teacher Fellows.
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Attendance Strategies July 2023 |
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Chronic Attendance & Achievement March 2024 |
USBE Absenteeism and Dropout Prevention Page
From Our Panelists
Copperview Elementary Attendance Plan
Can Texting Parents Improve Attendance in Elementary School? A Test of Adaptive Message
Strategy
Institute of Education Sciences
A Randomized Experiment Using Absenteeism Information to "Nudge" Attendance
Institute of Education Sciences, Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Evaluation of Panorama Platform Use and Perceptions of EffectivenessUSBE
FBAAT - Functional Behavior Assessment of Absenteeism and Truancy
Please note this is a link to the publisher's page and may not be the only place to
review these materials
Attendance Practices in High-Absenteeism Districts
Annenberg Institute at Brown University
4 Root Causes or Strands of Absenteeism
Attendance Works
Attendance Organizations with Resources
Attendance Works
National Student Attendance, Engagement, and Success Center, U.S. Department of Education
Panorama's Decreasing Absenteeism Toolkit
Policy & Rules
Administrative Rule R277-607 Absentee and Truancy Prevention
Utah Code Section 53G-8-211 Responses to School-based Behavior
Utah Code Section 53F-2-525 Bock Grant Funding for Prevention Programs in Public Education
Administrative Rule R277-439 Block Grant Funding for Prevention Programs in Public Education
Recent News
Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere
New York Times, March 2024
Million of Kids are Missing Weeks of School as Attendance Tanks Across the US
Associated Press, August 2023