Public Schools
The LAC provides customized professional development, on-site coaching and other assistance for regional offices, as well as principals, assistant principals, teachers, coaches, parent coordinators, and other school-based staff members. We specialize in introducing new ways to:
- Involve parents in their children’s education
- Engage over-age, under-credited high school students and ensure that they acquire the skills and knowledge they need to get a degree and build a career.
Topics the LAC covers in its professional development and coaching work include Academic Intervention, Career Readiness, Differentiated Instruction, Family Literacy, Grant writing, ESOL programs, Instructional leadership, Literacy theory, Multiple Intelligence Theory, Program design and assessment, Project-based learning, Reading, Scaffolding, Student-centered learning, Strategic literacy across the curriculum, and Writing.
The LAC five-session Fundamentals of High School Literacy series includes:
- Strategic Literacy across the Curriculum
- Reading for Meaning
- Differentiated Instruction
- Components of Reading Instruction
- Technology to Extend Learning
Our highly trained specialists translate theory into practice. They introduce new ideas and skills and then make sure that every participating administrator, coach, counselor, and teacher gets hands-on experience in implementing them.
The LAC currently holds multi-year system-wide requirements contracts with the NYC Department of Education to provide Academic Intervention Services, Family Literacy services, and Technical Assistance for Multiple Pathways to Graduation.
For more information, contact Barbara Sparks, Director of Professional Development, Literacy Assistance Center, at 212.803.3356.
